cannot imagine, because it will be such a harsh moment for my family, and i was thinking, like, what would happen if, one day, i would receive a message that max has died. like, what would i do? and ijust started crying in the middle of the street, because i don t have any answer to that. if street, because i don t have any answer to that.- any answer to that. if you could give any answer to that. if you could give a any answer to that. if you could give a message - any answer to that. if you could give a message to i any answer to that. if you . could give a message to max right now, what would you say? max, i know that you are very strong, and yourfamily max, i know that you are very strong, and your family loves you a lot, and we are waiting for you, and we are sure that you will come back and you will be our hero, and you will have a great life in the free ukraine, after victory. mark lowen, ukraine, after victory. mark lowen. bbc ukraine, after victory. mark lowen, bbc news,
russia s ferocious firepower is unrelenting. the azovstar 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. around 1000 civilians are holed up in its cold war style bunkers. food, time and water are running out. food, time and water are running out. family are from the north running out. family are from the north of running out. family are from the north of ukraine, - the north of ukraine, northeast. the north of ukraine, northeast. , ., ., , northeast. this woman because my cousin. northeast. this woman because my cousin, max, northeast. this woman because my cousin, max, has northeast. this woman because my cousin, max, has gone - northeast. this woman because my cousin, max, has gone fromi my cousin, max, has gone from village buoyed one of mariupol s last defenders of ukraine. is been fighting in the steel plant. her last message from him was more than a month ago. h
well, where a lot of civilians are fleeing, seeking for the safe haven for themselves from different cities of the eastern part of ukraine. different cities of the eastern part of ukraine. now, we heard in that interview part of ukraine. now, we heard in that interview mark - part of ukraine. now, we heard in that interview mark lowen i in that interview mark lowen did, talking about that woman s brother, max, one of the last fighters left in mariupol. throughout this, there has been extraordinary bravery, and people around the world have really been surprised and taken aback by the strength of the ukrainian resistance that has been put up in the face of sometimes extraordinary odds. what gives people the strength to carry on, do you think? well, it is pretty obvious. this is a piece of their land, this is a part of their land, because for many soldiers who came to fight, who signed the contract with the ministry of defence, their ultimate goal is to protect the borders of the