Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned Russia's constant bombing of Mariupol, calling it "a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come.
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Mariupol city n Ukraine is located in the south of the Donetsk Oblast, on the coast of Sea of Azov and at the mouth of Kalmius River in the Pryazovia region.
It is located in an area of the Azov Lowland that is an extension of the Ukrainian Black Sea Lowland.
To the east of Mariupol is the Khomutov Steppe, located on the border with Russia.
The city is mainly built on land that is made of solonetzic (sodium enriched) chernozem, with a significant amount of underground subsoil water that frequently leads to landslides.
Mariupol has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa) with warm summers and cold winters.