Ukraine war updates: Heavy bombs dropped on Mariupol after Kyiv suburb liberated

People stand around a giant peace sign with the message 'Stop Putin's Oil', put up by demonstrators ahead of an EU and NATO summit in Brussels, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. - Copyright AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert

Copyright AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert

By Euronews with AP, AFP

Published on 22/03/2022 - 06:51•Updated 23:04

Civilians who have fled Mariupol describe it as a "freezing hellscape riddled with dead bodies and destroyed buildings".

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War in Ukraine enters its 26th day after the invasion was launched by Moscow on 24 February.

The fighting has forced more than ten million Ukrainians to flee their homes, with thousands of people killed or wounded and widespread damage in the wake of shelling and aerial bombardments.

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