Ukrainian fighters were holding out in the besieged city of Mariupol on day 57 of the Russian invasion today as Vladimir Putin announced he was calling off attempts to storm their stronghold.
The Russian president said that instead he was ordering his troops to block the sprawling Azovstal steel plant where Ukrainian forces were still holed up “so that not even a fly comes through”.
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