Mariupol’s destruction is a strong blow to the economy of Ukraine as it has one of the country's largest ports and steel plants
As the Russian incursion of Ukraine enters the second month, the eastern port city of Mariupol has emerged as the centrepiece in this theatre of heavy clashes—a besieged landscape reduced to rubble by continuous airstrikes over the past few weeks.
Russian blockade and heavy bombardments have led to a dire humanitarian crisis in the city as people suffer from a lack of water, food, power and heat. "Taking control of the highway from Crimea to Mariupol... will reliably connect the peninsula with Donbas by a transport corridor,"Turkish security expert Abdullah Agar toldAgar said Crimea would be connected to Russia by a land route if Mariupol falls.
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