Mariupol

Capturing the city would allow Moscow to establish a land corridor to Ukraines Crimean Peninsula that Russia annexed in 2014 and deprive Ukraine of a. It is the main port of the Donbas a region of two provinces in the southeast which Moscow demands be.

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1 day agoMariupol is the main port in the Donbas region and connects territory held by pro-Russian separatists in the east with the Crimea region that Moscow annexed in 2014.

. Russia has issued an apparent ultimatum ordering Ukrainian forces in the city to lay down their weapons and leave by SundayAn estimated 100000 people remain in Mariupol. Lviv Ukraine CNN Conditions in Mariupol are unbearable and just hell residents who fled the besieged city in southeastern Ukraine have told CNN as shocking drone footage and satellite. If Mariupol falls Russia will have successfully.

Mariupol is a major industrial hub home of the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works and is the largest city on the Sea of Azov. Mariupol is in the mostly Russian-speaking Donbas region where Moscow-backed separatists have fought Ukrainian troops for eight years. If Mariupol falls it would be Russias biggest prize of the war so far.

1 day agoMariupol under siege. Mariupol has been a key objective for Russia since the start of its invasion on Feb. Mariupol lies on Ukraines southern coast between the separatist-controlled Donbas region and the Crimean Peninsula which Russia annexed in 2014.

Its capture would create an unbroken land corridor from. Mariupol was founded on the site of a former Cossack encampment known as Kalmius and granted city rights in 1778. Mariupol played a key role in the industrialization of Ukraine and was a centre for the grain trade metallurgy and heavy engineering including the Illich Steel Iron Works and Azovstal.

Mariupol is the largest city in the Ukrainian-controlled portion of Donetsk Oblast. Mariupol home to more than 400000 people before the war is the biggest Ukrainian city on the Sea of Azov and the main port serving the industries and agriculture of eastern Ukraine. In other parts of the country.

Control of its port on the western shore of.

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