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Russia is continuing its bombing of Mariupol, the southern port city where the last remaining Ukrainian defenders are holed up in the Azovstal steel plant along with hundreds of civilians, the Ukrainian general staff has said in its latest update.
Russian forces “continue to block our units in the area of the Azovstal plant and to launch air strikes around the city,” it said.
It also said a unit of engineers had arrived in order to work on the port’s infrastructure.
Eight enemy attacks had been defeated in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, and nine tanks, a fuel tanker and other military equipment had been destroyed.
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