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THE fight for Mariupol is 'far from over' according to defiant soldiers of Ukraine's Azov regiment.

This English language video statement from Azov Regiment Officer Ilya Samoilenko was issued from inside the besieged city of Mariupol on Thursday (21April2022).

Samoilenko and other fighters are holding out in the city’s Azovstal steelworks having resisted for a month in the city where some of the most brutal attacks have occurred.

In his passionate statement, given while explosions could be heard in the background, Samoilenko, a soldier from the Azov Battalion, says the port city is "not yet dominated", denying Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claims that his troops control all of the city except for the steelworks, which they are blockading.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has disputed Russia's claims that it seized control of the strategically vital Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, saying it was not completely lost.

"The situation is difficult, the situation is bad," Zelenskyy told journalists in Kyiv, adding that there were still several ways to "liberate" the city.

Imagery released by the Maxar Technologies showed what appeared to be long rows of graves stretching away from an existing cemetery in the town of Manhush, outside Mariupol.

The images showed graves aligned in four sections of linear rows measuring approximately 85 meters (around 279 feet) per section and containing more than 200 graves.

Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko accused Russian forces of "hiding their military crimes" by taking the bodies of civilians from the city and burying them in Manhush. According to Boychenko, as many as 9,000 civilians could be buried at the site.

On Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the battle for Mariupol, despite the presence of an estimated 2,000 Ukrainian fighters who were still holed up at a giant steel mill. Putin ordered his troops to seal off the stronghold.

The fresh influx of Western weaponry into Ukraine has revived calls for a possible Ukrainian airstrike on the strategically important Crimean Bridge. The Crimean Bridge over the Strait of Kerch has linked Crimea to the Russian mainland since 2018. Crimea became a part of Ukraine after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 but was annexed by Russia in 2014. Watch the video to know more.
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