Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the russian president, vladimir putin, has described his operation in the besieged ukrainian port of mariupol as a success. the city is under russian control, apart from a power plant where around 2,000 ukrainian fighters are still holed up. ukraine say four buses carrying evacuees from mariupol have left the besieged city far fewer than hoped. officials say there will be further attempts to get people out today. in his latest address the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, said he believed the west was developing a better understanding of what military support his country needed. mariupol lies at the sourthern most edge of a region known as the donbas. gaining full control of the port city would enable russia to move troops and supplies northwards far more freely. that would help russia s objective of extending its control over the donbas region. the azovstal steel works a massive industrial plant in mariupol
Region of the donbas. it s believed 100 thousand people remain trapped there. ukrainian officials have now offered to travel to the city for talks on the evacuation of civilians and military personnel. the last of the ukrainian resistance can be found at the azovstal steel works a massive industrial plant as our correspondent mark lowen reports. in the fog of war, russia s ferocious firepower is unrelenting. mariupol, once a thriving port city, besieged and broken. the last bastion of ukraine s resistance is the azovstal steel plant, perhaps a few thousand soldiers and civilians in its bunkers and tunnels a patch of land holding out against one of the world s biggest armies. and now a rare voice from inside the nightmare. this is our appeal to the world, says this marine. it could be the last of our lives,
The city is still under heavy bombardment as russia intensifies attacks on the wider region of the donbas. it s believed 100 thousand people remain trapped there. the last of the ukrainian resistance can be found at the azovstal steel works a massive industrial plant as our correspondent mark lowen reports. in the fog of war, russia s ferocious firepower is unrelenting. mariupol, once a thriving port city, besieged and broken. the last bastion of ukraine s resistance is the azovstal steel plant, perhaps a few thousand soldiers and civilians in its bunkers and tunnels a patch of land holding out against one of the world s biggest armies. and now a rare voice from inside the nightmare. translation: this is our appeal to the world. - it could be the last of our lives, we are probably