Graphic: Ukraine War Weekend Update

Independent journalist Patrick Lancaster continues providing exclusive coverage of the Ukraine-Russia conflict.

Embedded with the DPR & Russian military, Lancaster has been documenting firsthand accounts from citizens and footage exposing the disturbing realities of war.

This set of videos is the first time Lancaster has reported from Eastern Mariupol.

Friday, the American military veteran-turned reporter talked with a woman in Mariupol who described citizens being killed by shelling as bodies lay in the background.

The woman, like hundreds of others interviewed over the past few months, told Lancaster she is sure it is Ukrainian Azov troops who shoot at the civilians, saying, “I don’t know why the troops who are called upon to protect us are shelling us.”

Some of the deceased individuals filmed had white bands tied around their necks or wrists, signaling they were killed by Ukrainian troops for being loyal to Russia or trying to surrender.

Lancaster uploaded several reports on Saturday, the first being a compilation of civilian testimonies describing Ukraine military members firing on citizens.

People at a bomb shelter told him, “If it was Russia, I would tell you, but it was Ukraine” firing on the locals.

One person lost their mother and wife because of the allegedly Ukrainian mortars.

A young woman who had a piece of shrapnel plunged into her leg said that not only did the Ukrainian Army destroy the houses in her area, but that the Russian Army was the group who helped them with food and removed them from the danger zone.

As Lancaster talked with the people in the bomb shelter, Russian troops arrived to help evacuate those who wished to move to a safer location.

Children were given priority while evacuating the citizens.

On Sunday, Lancaster filmed outside the Ilicha steel and iron plant in Mariupol where massive battles left buildings, streets and vehicles destroyed.

An amazing video uploaded Monday shows the US military veteran reporting from a live battle scene in a DPR-Russia-controlled area of Mariupol.

While filming, a group of citizens informed Lancaster and a soldier he was traveling with that an elderly woman was trapped in a building hit by a Ukrainian mortar.

The woman suffered a broken spine according to one soldier, so they could not pick her up to take her to safety.

The latest update from Lancaster came Monday when he posted footage of the “Road of Death” in Ilicha, Mariupol.

The scenes filmed are similar to those in the Bucha massacre mainstream media across the globe used to claim the Russians are engaging in war crimes.

A man wandering the streets, walking past dozens of his dead peers, vented his frustration at Ukrainian President Zelensky, and the “terrorist” Azov members of the Ukraine military who are committing “genocide.”

There are certainly two sides to the bloody conflict, but the vast majority of media outlets are ignoring the massive amount of evidence showing Ukrainian war crimes.