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Firefight on a compound in Mariupol: This video released on Thursday by the Ukrainian Azov regiment is said to show fights against the Russian attackers.
The agency Reuters has verified the location of the recording via satellite images.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian leadership is continuing its efforts to rescue the soldiers in the closed Azov steelworks.
They are to be evacuated in several stages, starting with the seriously injured.
According to Ukrainian sources, tens of thousands of people have been killed in Mariupol since the beginning of the war.
The Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr Zelenskyj criticized the Russian attacks on schools and clinics in his video message.
And he continued to fight:
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine: “Russia's strategic defeat is obvious to everyone, even to those who still communicate with them. Russia just hasn't had the courage to admit it yet. They are cowards. They try to hide the truth behind rocket, air and artillery attacks. So our task is to fight until we achieve our goals in this war. To liberate our country and our people and ensure our security.”
That still seems a long way.
This footage released by the Ukrainian army is said to show destroyed Russian tanks and a broken bridge on the Siverskyi Donets River in eastern Ukraine.
Fear is growing in the port city of Odessa after Russian rocket attacks: numerous residents were waiting here for the possibility of escaping the attacks.
