Ukraine says fighting rages around Mariupol steel plant, port
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Reuters UK

By Pavel Polityuk and Elizabeth Piper KYIV (Reuters) -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, as 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 …

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