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Famagusta, Aug 13 (EFE) .- The announcement of the partial opening of Varosha, in violation of a series of UN resolutions made by the Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, and the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on July 20, poses a dilemma among the Greek Cypriot population.Famagusta came under Turkish control in 1974 during the Turkish invasion and has remained abandoned ever since. (Camera: FLORA ALEXANDROU)SHOT LIST: THE VAROSHA GHOST TOWN IN FAMAGUSTA, CYPRUS.
Some 100,000 people are still estimated to be living in the besieged port city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine. They describe attacks that burned down their homes and grueling weeks living in basements without reliable power, food or water. Thousands of civilians may have died in Mariupol since bombing began in February, the UN says.
Ukrainian forces on Monday recaptured a small village on the outskirts of Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv, as Kyiv's forces mount counterattacks against a stalling Russian invasion. FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris Trent reports from Kharkiv, Ukraine.
After weeks of bombardment by Russian troops, the frontline Saltivka district of Kharkiv has become a ghost town. Most of the locals have fled the incessant Russian air strikes, and those who remain have had to take refuge in underground shelters as they are either too old, too unwell or too disabled to leave.
After weeks of bombardment by Russian troops, the frontline Saltivka district of Kharkiv has become a ghost town.View on euronews