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Tom Balmforth and Margaryta Chornokondratenko

Exclusive-'We'll fight as long as we have to', Ukrainian fighter says from Mariupol

FILE PHOTO: Deputy Commander for Azov regiment, Svyatoslav Palamar is seen issuing a video statement as Russia continues to invade Ukraine, in Mariupol, Ukraine, in this screen grab from a handout video uploaded on April 24, 2022. Azov/Handout via REUTERS

A Ukrainian soldier holed up in a steel works in Mariupol said his forces would fight for as long as needed and he urged world leaders to find a way to save civilians and the hundreds of troops trapped in Russia's "medieval" siege.

Captain Sviatoslav Palamar, 39, a deputy commander of Ukraine's Azov Regiment, spoke in an interview with Reuters from the steel works that is the last redoubt for the port city's defenders.

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