said president zelenskyy, that if mariupol does fall to the russians which they have been trying to take for a long time, then the negotiations will be off. that s an interesting threat because at the end of the day, let s admit the russians don t appear to be taking these negotiations particularly seriously. mm-hmm. reporter: and president zelenskyy appears to have the support of the entire world, and if mariupol falls, he ll have the support of even more. so right now it looks as though vladimir putin s back is up, and that s why the risk is humans, the people, the civilians of ukraine, is so much greater. we re talking about a putin, and it s frustrated, angry and humiliated. alex? scary when you put it that way. with iz had back up against the wall, you don t know what we ll do. thank you very much, matt bradley. let s go to new signs of trouble.
we won t give up, says this marine, but we re encircled with no resupply of ammunition or food. 100 miles north, just over the russian line, europe s 21st century war is fought amid mud and rage in the trenches. mariupol s capture could see a push north, here. if mariupol falls, what will happen here? translation: well, we won t let this place turn into mariupol. - they re holding on. vitali shows me their soviet era launchers. they also have brand new western weapons but they want more, with the war about to move to a decisive phase. they re completely dug in here, as you can see. and the russians are that way. about 11 5 miles from here, within artillery range.
posted their own videos, holed up in the port and a factory, still fighting, but their position seems desperate. we won t give up, says this marine, but we re encircled with no resupply of ammunition or food. 100 miles north, just over the russian line, europe s 21st century war is fought amid mud and rage in the trenches. mariupol s capture could see a push north, here. if mariupol falls, what will happen here? translation: well, we won t let this place turn into mariupol. - they re holding on. vitali shows me their soviet era launchers. they also have brand new western weapons but they want more, with the war about to move to a decisive phase. they re completely dug in here, as you can see.
with no resupply of ammunition or food. 100 miles north, just over the russian line, europe s 21st century war is fought amid mud and rage in the trenches. mariupol s capture could see a push north, here. if mariupol falls, what will happen here? translation: well, we won t let this place turn into mariupol. - they re holding on. vitali shows me their soviet era launchers. they also have brand new western weapons but they want more, with the war about to move to a decisive phase. they re completely dug in here, as you can see. and the russians are that way. about 11 5 miles from here, within artillery range.
mariupol s capture could see a push north, here. if mariupol falls, what will happen here? translation: well, we won t let this place turn into mariupol. - they re holding on. vitali shows me their soviet era launchers. they also have brand new western weapons but they want more, with the war about to move to a decisive phase. they re completely dug in here, as you can see. and the russians are that way. about 11 5 miles from here, within artillery range. and you can see they re ready for a long and grinding fight. they ve been entrenched for 45 days.