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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets

Mariupol a strategic prize for Russia, symbol of resistance for Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: A local resident walks near an apartment building destroyed in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo

The southern Ukrainian port of Mariupol has been under heavy fire from Russian forces since soon after the war began on Feb. 24.

Nearly 5,000 people have been killed and buildings across the city destroyed, according to the mayor. He said 290,000 people had fled by March 27 but that at least 160,000 were still trapped without power and with little food or other supplies.

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