Translation: we are under constant air bombing and fire of multiple i rocket launches and gun artillery. but while we re here, mariupol remains under control of ukraine. mariupol was and will stay ukrainian, no matter what they say. around 2,000 people are still thought to be in the steelworks. it s believed at least half of them are civilians. mariupol has been under near constant bombardment since the start of the russian invasion. president putin has claimed his forces have seized control of the city, ordering his soldiers to surround the azovstal steel plant. but ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has refused to give in. in an address last night, he said the fight for the city was not over. the russian forces wouldn t win. translation: they can only postpone the inevitable - i the time when the invaders will have to leave our land, including mariupol, the city that continues to resist russia, regardless of what the occupiers say about this.
It s believed at least half of them are civilians. mariupol has been under near constant bombardment since the start of the russian invasion. president putin has claimed his forces have seized control of the city, ordering his soldiers to surround the azovstal steel plant. but ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has refused to give in. in an address last night, he said the fight for the city was not over. the russian forces wouldn t win. translation: they can only postpone the inevitable - - the time when the invaders will have to leave our land, including mariupol, the city that continues to resist russia, regardless of what the occupiers say about this. ukrainian officials say russian forces have continued to attack the eastern donbas region. more than a0 villages have reportedly been seized. with the orthodox easter weekend approaching, there had been hopes that a ceasefire could be agreed, a moment of reprieve for millions.
Mariupol steelworks, the final base of the ukrainian resistance. in its labyrinth of tunnels and bunkers, the last of the fighters remain. translation: we are under constant air bombing and fire of multiple - rocket launches and gun artillery. but while we re here, mariupol remains under control of ukraine. mariupol was and will stay ukrainian, no matter what they say. around 2,000 people are still thought to be in the steelworks. it s believed at least half of them are civilians. mariupol has been under near constant bombardment since the start of the russian invasion. president putin has claimed his forces have seized control of the city, ordering his soldiers to surround the azovstal steel plant. but ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has refused to give in. in an address last night, he said the fight for the city was not over. the russian forces wouldn t win. translation: they can only postpone the inevitable - -