(15 Apr 2022)
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++PLEASE NOTE: AP IS WORKING IN MARIUPOL AS PART OF A MEDIA FACILITY ORGANISED BY THE SEPARATIST LEADERSHIP OF DONETSK++
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Mariupol - 15 April 2022
1. Various of Russia-backed separatist troops walking on Mariupol streets amid damage and debris
ANNOTATION:
Separatist troops of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic have been taking over sectors of Mariupol following an assault by Russian marines.
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Mariupol - 15 April 2022
2. Various of tank movements in Mariupol
ANNOTATION:
Mariupol has been a key objective for Russia since the start of the Feb. 24 invasion.
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Mariupol. Ukraine - 13 April 2022
3. Ukrainian flag lying on pavement
ANNOTATION:
Ukrainian troops are continuing to fight the vastly superior Russian forces in ferocious battles amid the ruins of this port city.
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Mariupol, Ukraine - 13 April 2022
4. Tank movement in front of badly damaged building
ANNOTATION:
Weapons and supplies shortages could weaken Ukraine's resistance.
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Mariupol - 15 April 2022
5. Russia-backed separatist troops with supplies
6. Soldier with tank
ANNOTATION:
The mayor of Mariupol says an estimated 120,000 people remain in the city, out of Mariupol's prewar population of about 450,000.
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Mariupol, Ukraine - 14 April 2022
7. Various streets scenes with virtually empty streets, residents and separatist soldier.
STORYLINE:
Under relentless bombardment and a Russian blockade, the key port of Mariupol is holding out, but weapons and supplies shortages could weaken the resistance that has thwarted the Kremlin's invasion plans.
Militia reservist units of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic have been taking over sectors of Mariupol following the assault by Russian marines.
More than six weeks after the Russian siege began, Ukrainian troops are continuing to fight the vastly superior Russian forces in ferocious battles amid the ruins of what once was a bustling city on the Sea of Azov.
The mayor says an estimated 120,000 people remain in the city, out of Mariupol's prewar population of about 450,000.
The Ukrainians' fight has scuttled Moscow's designs, tying up significant Russian forces and delaying a planned offensive in eastern Ukraine's industrial heartland, Donbas. The Kremlin hopes an attack in the east could reverse the battlefield fortunes for Russia after a humiliating failure to quickly storm the capital, Kyiv.
Mariupol has been a key objective for Russia since the start of the Feb. 24 invasion. Capturing the city would allow Moscow to establish a land corridor to Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula that Russia annexed in 2014 and deprive Ukraine of a major port and prized industrial assets.
As the Ukrainian troops continue to offer fierce resistance in Mariupol, fears have grown that the exasperated Russians could resort to chemical weapons to deal with the remaining pockets of resistance at the Azovstal plant and other areas of the city.
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