Set by moscow for their surrender, protecting around 1,000 civilians holed up in the cold war era bunkers and tunnels. food, water and time are running out. our family is from the north of ukraine, north east. 0lena nikulina s cousin maks has gone from village boy to one of mariupol s last defenders of ukraine. he has been fighting in the steel plant. her last message from him was more than a month ago. how do you feel about him being there? i feel terrible, honestly. first of all, i feel very sorry that maybe i was not talking to him as much as i should while we still had connection. because i didn t want to disturb him. and i was thinking, like, what would happen if one day
Ferocious firepower is unrelenting. the azovstal steel plant still holding out against the siege of mariupol. perhaps a few hundred ukrainian troops are defending it. the commander calls it hell on earth. but they seem to have refused another deadline of today, set by moscow for their surrender. protecting around a thousand civilians holed up in the cold war era bunkers and tunnels. food, water and time are running out. our family is from the north of ukraine, north east. olena nikulina s cousin maks has gone from village boy to one of mariupol s last defenders of ukraine. he has been fighting in the steel plant. her last message from him was more than a month ago. how do you feel about him being there? i feel terrible, honestly.
Set by moscow, for their surrender. protecting around 1,000 civilians holed up in the cold war era bunkers and tunnels. food, water and time are running out. our family is from the north of ukraine, north east. 0lena nikulina s cousin maks has gone from village boy to one of mariupol s last defenders of ukraine. he has been fighting in the steel plant. her last message from him was more than a month ago. how do you feel about him being there? i feel terrible, honestly. first of all, i feel very sorry that maybe i was not talking to him as much as i should while we still had connection. because i didn t want to disturb him. and i was thinking like, what would happen if one day i would receive a message that said, maks has died.
They have had some early success in holding back this new offensive in the battle for donbas. danjohnson, bbc news, lviv. the ukraine government says bombs are being used to smash the steel plant in mariupol which has become the final stronghold of resistance. 0ur correspondent in kyiv, mark lowen, has been speaking to a relative of one of the fighters inside the plant, desperately hoping for news that he s alive. in the fog of war, russia s ferocious firepower is unrelenting. the azovstal steel plant still holding out against the siege of mariupol. perhaps a few hundred ukrainian troops are defending it. the commander calls it hell on earth. but they seem to have refused another deadline of today, set by moscow for their surrender, protecting around 1,000 civilians holed up in the cold war era bunkers and tunnels. food, water and time