Russian forces have breached a besieged steel plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, leading President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to ask the United Nations for help in rescuing the remaining civilians trapped inside.
"I'm young, I can take it, I'm a man, I'm young," he said."It's the kids and old people who I really worry about."
The U.S. fighters are not just casualties of the war, but heroes. Red Taylor and two friends were fighting alongside Ukrainian soldiers when their vehicle hit a landmine, leading them to drag volunteer fighter Vitaly from the burning vehicle."I don't want something to happen to them. I want them to be alive," Vitaly said."I can't imagine my life without my saviors."
Things could continue to get worse in southeastern Ukraine, where already thousands of civilians have died The Associated Press revealed Wednesday that the civilian casualties in the
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