Mariupol – the next front in the Ukraine war?
The war has come south. The prize? Why, Mariupol, of course, whose steelworks must surely be one of the biggest industrial plants on earth.
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Seven days ago, fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine was running down ahead of the Minsk ceasefire. One week on, Debaltseve has fallen and Kiev is humiliated.
I heard the sound of shelling east of the southern port of Mariupol today and there were reports of fighting around Horlivka north of Donetsk.
Many Ukrainian soldiers say they feel they have been sold down the river by Kiev and President Poroshenko, as heavy artillery fire continues to rain down on their positions in Debaltseve.
If the Ukrainians are leaving Debaltseve as they say they are, they are not going quietly. Nor are the rebel guns falling silent.
As fighting continues in the strategic rail hub Debaltseve, despite a ceasefire, the Ukrainian authorities say their troop withdrawal is “planned and organised”, not a surrender.
Yuri Koryagin recalls the moment he saw a flash when he was leaving work whilst phoning his mum. Both legs have now been amputated after a shell burst.
It was a showpiece for the city – the brand-new airport where England’s football team landed for the Euro championships three years ago. Now Donetsk airport and much of the wider region lie in ruins.
In the south of Debaltseve, in eastern Ukraine, the distant sound of explosions can be heard. So is the ceasefire truly holding?