Mariupol Fall News Today

The capture of Mariupol would make it the biggest city to be taken by Moscow's forces and would give the Kremlin a badly needed victory. The steel plant had housed hundreds of its fighters who had held out for months under relentless bombardment in the last bastion of resistance in the devastated city.

The psychological impact that would be to see mariupol fall after such valient fighting. weinvestigators on the ground. this is an entirely different circumstance if russians control it. does the global community get involved? do satellite images get involved? what does it look like? >> we just dont know at this point. in terms of satellite imagery, even commercially available satellite imagery from groups from organizations such as maxr did show in the case of bucha quite physically there were ...

We know 400 people were inside an art school. no word yet on casualties, but it comes as rescue teams try and pull people out of the rubble at a theatre. hundreds are thought to be trapped there after a theatre housing more than 1,000 was struck. than 1,000 was struck a couple of days ago, and what is making their efforts all the more difficult is fighting breaking out in the streets. there are now russian forces in the heart of mariupol. we understand, suggesting, as feared by the west, that th...

Of days ago, and what is making their efforts all the more difficult is fighting breaking out in the streets. there are now russian forces in the heart of mariupol, we understand, suggesting, as feared by the west, that the level of ukrainian resistance might be starting to falter under intense pressure. sustained bombardment, sustained siege for more than two weeks, where coming up to 2,500 people are known to have died. the figure is thought to be higher, but nevertheless it has come at a cost...

Are they managing to get information in and out? it is in and out? it is extremely difficult. — in and out? it is extremely difficult, and _ in and out? it is extremely difficult, and authorities i in and out? it is extremely. difficult, and authorities are trying to control what information does get out. it is very hard for the bbc and other news outlets to verify different reports, because it is so difficult to get in there, and once you do, it is extremely dangerous. and you are right, it i...

Losses, and the thought from military experts is should mariupol fall, yes, its strategically significant, it gives the russians a land corridor across the south east of ukraine, but it also means that the russians priority is to now regroup instead of launch new attacks because of the costs theyve sustained. james waterhouse reporting from kyiv. here in lviv things are reasonably quiet. there was an air raid siren about 5:30am, there was the all clear about one hour later, assigned the war has ...

And pull people out of the rubble at a theatre. hundreds are thought to be trapped there after a theatre housing more than 1,000 was struck a couple of days ago, and what is making their efforts all the more difficult is fighting breaking out in the streets. there are now russian forces in the heart of mariupol. we understand, suggesting, as feared by the west, that the level of ukrainian resistance might be starting to falter under intense pressure. sustained bombardment, sustained siege for mo...

Neighboring poland, on saturday, where five people were injured in the first strike. so lviv has been seeing more air strikes, in and around this region, of western ukraine, which typically had not seen any, was far from the front lines and had not seen this violence, but again, the area that is of most person right now, to ukrainian officials, is that southeastern city of mariupol, and humanitarian catastrophe unfolding there according to local officials and were starting to see more images com...