Russia aims to capitalize on controlling the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol

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Russia is consolidating its control of the strategic Ukrainian city of Mariupol, after months of bombardment that Ukrainian officials say killed tens of thousands of civilians.

The battle for Mariupol has centered on the Azovstal steel plant in recent weeks. An estimated 2,000 Ukrainian fighters and several hundred civilians had been sheltering in the massive complex's underground maze of tunnels and bunkers, trapped inside for months with a dwindling supply of food, water and medical supplies.