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Ukraine says fighting rages around Mariupol steel plant, port

Ukraine says street fighting ongoing in Mariupol; Moscow says it captures steel plant in Mariupol

A view shows the Illich Steel and Iron Works during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol (Photo: Reuters)
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A view shows the Illich Steel and Iron Works during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol (Photo: Reuters)

Reuters Kyiv
Ukraine said on Friday it was trying to break Russian forces' siege of Mariupol, with fighting raging around the city's Illich steel works and port, while the capital Kyiv was rocked by some of the most powerful explosions in two weeks.
 
Russia said it had struck overnight what it said was a factory in Kyiv that made and repaired anti-ship missiles, in apparent retaliation for the sinking of the Moskva, the flagship of Moscow's Black Sea fleet, on Thursday.
 
Ukraine said one of its missiles had caused the Moskva to sink, in a powerful symbol of its resistance to a

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