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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Holly Bancroft

Ukraine vows Mariupol troops will ‘fight to the end’ as Russia’s surrender deadline passes

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Ukrainian forces in the beseiged southern port of Mariupol continue to fight and will defy a Russian demand to surrender, the country’s prime minister has said.

“We will absolutely fight to the end, to the win, in this war,” Ukraine’s prime minister Denys Shmyhal told ABC News on Sunday. He added: “The city still has not fallen.”

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