The humanitarian situation in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol is worsening and 160,000 people are trapped there without water or other essentials, while fighting and airstrikes continue.
That's the grim assessment being made by the UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) this morning. In an intelligence update issued at 5.35am this morning, the MoD said: "Heavy fighting and Russian airstrikes have continued in the encircled city of Mariupol. The humanitarian situation in the city is worsening.
"Most of the 160,000 remaining residents have no light, communication, medicine, heat or water. Russian forces have prevented humanitarian access, likely to pressure defenders to surrender."
