Officials in Ukraine continue to plead for more weapons support and faster delivery as Russia ramps up its bombardment of the eastern Donbas region.
"The enemy is outnumbering us 10 to one. They have advantage in the air, in artillery, in their forces on land, in equipment and in tanks," Volyna said, adding that his forces were"defending only one object" — the Azovstal steel plant where both military personnel and civilians were holed up, with reportedly hundreds wounded from Russian strikes."We appeal and plead to all world leaders to help us," he said.
Employees work on a freight train loaded with coal at Jiangxi Coal Reserve Center on January 29, 2022 in China. China imported 30% less coal from Russia year-on-year in March, according to Reuters. Reuters reported Chinese traders trimmed Russian coal imports in part because they had difficulty securing financing from state banks on edge about possible sanctions.
Just 30 miles from the Russian border, Moscow views Mariupol as crucial territory that would give it a land corridor between the contested breakaway Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, which Russia has recognized as independent, and the Crimean peninsula, which it annexed in 2014.Ronaldo Schemidt | Afp | Getty Images
But Russian air activity in northern Ukraine is"likely to remain low" following its withdrawal from the north of capital Kyiv, according to the ministry. He also said Russian forces are trying to carry out deportation or mobilization of Mariupol's residents.
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