Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a deadline set by russia for ukrainian fighters in mariupol to surrender has passed. the city is surrounded by russian troops and has been bombarded for weeks. president volodymyr zelensky says the situation in mariupol remains as severe as possible . ukraine hopes to evacuate 6,000 people from there today through so called humanitariain corridors; mariupol s mayor says through so called humanitariain corridors. mariupol s mayor says 100,000 civilians are still there. it comes as russia intensifies its attacks in the east of the country, in the donbas region. ukraine s allies in the west have promised to boost military aid. from lviv our correspondent danjohnson sent this report. this massive steelworks is still the last stand of ukraine s resistance in mariupol. russian forces have repeatedly tried to storm it, and they have laid down another deadline to surrender.
For ukrainian fighters in mariupol to surrender, has passed. the city is surrounded by russian troops and has been bombarded for weeks. president volodymyr zelensky says the situation there remains as severe as possible . ukraine hopes to evacuate 6,000 people from the city through humanitariain corridors; mariupol s mayor says 100,000 civilians are trapped there. it comes as russia intensifies its attacks in the east of the country, in the donbas region. ukraine s allies in the west have promised to boost military aid. from lviv our correspondent danjohnson sent this report. this message still works is their last stand of the resistance and variable. russian forces have repeatedly tried to storm it, and they have laid down another deadline to surrender. ukrainian soldiers are holding out, but they are getting desperate. translation: this is our appeal to the world. - this could be the last appeal of our lives. we are probably facing our
Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. a deadline set by russia for ukrainian fighters in mariupol to surrender has passed. the city s surrounded by russian troops and has been bombarded for weeks. president volodymyr zelensky has said the situation in mariupol remains as severe as possible . ukraine hopes to evacuate 6,000 people from there today through so called humanitariain corridors. mariupol s mayor says 100,000 civilians are still there. it comes as russia intensifies its attacks in the east of the country, in the donbas region. ukraine s allies here in the west have promised to boost military aid, providing kyiv with extra military aircraft. the united nations says more than five million people have now fled the conflict. from lviv, our correspondent, danjohnson, sent this report.
The city is surrounded by russian troops and has been bombarded for weeks. president volodymyr zelensky says the situation there remains as severe as possible . ukraine hopes to evacuate 6,000 people from the city through humanitariain corridors. mariupol s mayor says 100,000 civilians are trapped there. it comes as russia intensifies its attacks in the east of the country, in the donbas region. ukraine s allies in the west have promised to boost military aid. from lviv our correspondent danjohnson sent this report. this massive steelworks is still the last stand of ukraine s resistance in mariupol. russian forces have repeatedly tried to storm it, and they have laid down another deadline to surrender. ukrainian soldiers are holding out, but they are getting desperate. translation: this is our appeal to the world. i this could be the last appeal of our lives. we are probably facing our