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Ukraine: Ukrainian city of Mariupol
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — A governor says Russian forces control about 80% of the city of Sievierodonetsk — the main focus of the war now in eastern Ukraine. The Luhansk regional leader says Russian forces have destroyed all three bridges leading out of the city but Ukrainians were still trying to evacuate the wounded. He says a mass evacuation of civilians is “simply not possible” now due to the relentless shelling and fighting in the city. A Russian general says a humanitarian corridor will be opened Wednesday to evacuate civilians from the besieged Azot chemical plant in the city, but they will be taken to Russian-held territory. Russia, meanwhile, says it has banned dozens of British media and defense figures from entering the country.
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