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At 22th day of the war in Ukraine, Friday, March 18, the Russian army enters Mariupol. The city, besieged for two weeks, is strategic for the Russians.
Chechen battalions, experienced in street fighting, entered the city of Mariupol (Ukraine) on Friday March 18. The Ukrainian army indicates that major clashes are underway. Mariupol is a strategic port for the Russians. Its capture would allow the Kremlin to make the connection between the forces of Crimea and the troops of Donbass, in the East, both under Russian control.
Besieged for several days, the city was pounded. A seriously injured person was found in the rubble of the Mariupol theater, which was bombed on Wednesday March 16. “More than 130 people have been rescued, but hundreds of Mariupol residents are still under the rubble“, asserted Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine. The inhabitants try to flee the city.There is nothing left, the city is abandoned“, says Svetlana, who managed to leave.