Children are buried in trenches, residents scrounge for food and water and hospitals get bombed as Russian troops squeeze the life out of a Ukrainian city
In the nearly three weeks since Russia s war began, two Associated Press journalists have been the only international media present in Mariupol, chronicling its fall into chaos and despair. The city is now encircled by Russian soldiers, who are slowly squeezing the life out of it, one blast at a time.