Mariupol authorities postpone a planned mass evacuation because of continued bombardment.
Kate Romanova, a 27-year-old designer from Mariupol, said her parents were trapped in the city and completely cut off.
Diana Berg, who escaped the city by car with her husband on Friday despite heavy shelling, said they left his mother behind because she refused to leave. The deputy mayor of Mariupol, Serhiy Orlov, confirmed to the BBC that the ceasefire had completely collapsed amid Russian bombardment."There is no ceasefire in Mariupol and there is no ceasefire all along the route. Our civilians are ready to escape but they cannot escape under shelling."
Local officials earlier said residents were in dire need of food, water and medicine because of Russia's blockade. Russia's increased aerial bombardment of Ukrainian cities has raised fears it is shifting to a tactic of destruction from the air after failing to make significant progress on the ground.
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