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that winter is coming. to the village of serhiivka, right across eastern ukraine. clive myrie, eastern ukraine, in donbas. dr samuel ramani is a tutor of politics and international relations at the university of oxford. he is also an associate fellow at the royal united services institute. and he s currently writing a book on putin s war on ukraine . good to have you with us. as we were hearing in those reports, there was a lot of focus both politically and diplomatically and militarily right now and mariupol. i wonder how you see the coming hours playing out. most of the ukrainian resistance in mariupol most of the ukrainian resistance in mariupol is most of the ukrainian resistance in mariupol is on its last legs. yeah, it appears mariupol is on its last legs. yeah, it appears as if all that we have our affiliates with the battalion
the situation in mariupol is both dire and heartbreaking . dmytro kuleba has been speaking to margaret brennan from cbs news s face the nation . how long can ukranian forces resist russian control of that city? the situation in mariupol is both dire, militarily, and heartbreaking. the city does not exist any more. the remainings of the ukrainian army and large group of civilians are basically encircled by the russian forces. they continue their struggle, but it seems, from the way the russian army behaves in mariupol, they decided to raze the city to the ground at any cost. what exactly are you expecting in the coming weeks? intensification of heavy fighting in eastern ukraine, in donbas, large scale offensive of russia
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and a43 people are now known to have died in south africa following heavy flooding, with a warning of more rain on the way. ukraine s prime minister says his forces are still fighting in the besieged city of mariupol, defying russia s ultimatum to surrender or be killed. denys shmyhal says the port city has not fallen, despite weeks of relentless attack by russia. fighting has also continued in other areas of the east. officials in kharkiv say five people have died and 13 have been injured in shelling in the city. our correspondent tom bateman is in dnipro where a rare evacuation