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'Tanks in streets' as fighting hits Ukraine's Mariupol centre – BBC News

Efforts to rescue hundreds of people trapped in the basement of a bombed theatre in the besieged city of Mariupol are being hampered by intense battles in the area, the mayor says. Vadym Boychenko told the BBC teams were only able to clear the rubble of the building during lulls in the fighting. Ukrainian officials say Russia attacked the site, which was clearly marked as…

Kyiv mayor: 'We will fight to death to protect our streets'

In the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, soldiers and volunteers have built hundreds of checkpoints to protect the city of nearly 4 million, often using sandbags, stacked tires and spiked cables. Russia does have a significant air force capable of causing serious harm over large areas. But still functioning Ukrainian Air Defence, a surprise to many, continues to contain it. Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko ahave revealed that…