Ukrainian forces fought village by village Saturday to hold back a Russian advance through the country’s east, while the UN worked to broker a civilian evacuation from the…
(Newser) – Ukrainian forces fought village by village Saturday to hold back a Russian advance through the country’s east, while the UN worked to broker a civilian evacuation from the last defensive stronghold in the bombed-out ruins of the port city of Mariupol. An estimated 100,000 civilians remain in the city, and up to 1,000 are living beneath a sprawling Soviet-era steel plant, according to Ukrainian officials. Ukraine has not said how many fighters are also in the plant, the only part of Mariupol not occupied by Russian forces, but Russia put the number at about 2,000, the AP reports.
