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This Article is From Mar 22, 2022

Ukraine-Russia War Highlights: Ukraine Refuses To Surrender Mariupol As Attacks Continue

Mariupol has suffered some of the heaviest bombardments since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.

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Ukraine War: Mariupol has suffered some of the heaviest bombardments

New Delhi:

Ukraine on Monday rejected Russian calls to surrender the port city of Mariupol, where residents are besieged with little food, water and power and fierce fighting shows little sign of easing.

Russia earlier called on Ukrainian forces in Mariupol to lay down their arms, saying a "terrible humanitarian catastrophe" was unfolding.

Mariupol has suffered some of the heaviest bombardments since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.

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More than 10 million people -- over a quarter of the population in regions under government control -- are now thought to have fled their homes, including the millions of internally displaced people.

UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said 3,489,644 Ukrainians had fled the country since Russia invaded on February 24 -- a figure up 100,600 on Sunday's update.

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