March 20, 2022

Russian and Ukrainian forces have continued to fight for the besieged port city of Mariupol, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to Israel for help in pushing back the Russian assault on his country.

Hundreds of thousands of residents remain trapped in the city, which has been encircled and bombarded by Russian forces for more than two weeks, with little if any food, water and power.

Fighting continued inside Mariupol on Sunday, regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said, and tearful evacuees from the devastated city on the Sea of Azov described how “battles took place over every street”.

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