The steel mill in Mariupol, where roughly 2,000 Ukrainian fighters are making their last stand, is the only part of the city not under Russian control.
port city of Mariupol arrived late Sunday night in Zaporizhzhia, the first major Ukrainian city beyond the frontlines. The shattered survivors spoke of constant shelling, dwindling food, ubiquitous mold — and using hand sanitizer for cooking fuel.
The shelling was constant, and there was fear "that our bunker would collapse," she said. "Everything shook, we didn’t go out."is the only part of Mariupol not under Russian control. Thanks to its warren of tunnels and bunkers deep underground, many civilians had chosen it as the safest place to take cover from the relentless shelling of the formerly thriving port city that has now been largely destroyed.
"What can’t you do when you have nothing!" he said, as he waited for a bus that would carry Azovstal evacuees to temporary accommodations in Zaporizhzhia. His family entered the mill on March 1 for safety, he said, after he narrowly escaped being shelled while walking his dog.
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