We’ll fight to the end for Ukraine and the free world, says Mariupol hero

Azov Regiment captain, under Russian siege in city’s last redoubt, gives stirring account of defenders’ suffering and resolve

28 April 2022 - 20:50 By Tom Balmforth and Margaryta Chornokondratenko

A Ukrainian soldier holed up in a steel works in Mariupol said his forces will fight for as long as needed. He urged world leaders to find a way to save civilians and the hundreds of troops trapped in Russia’s “medieval” siege...

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