Russian troops have surrounded the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in the city of Mariupol early Thursday morning. President Putin has ordered his forces not to storm a massive steel plant in the city where about 1,000 civilians are sheltering.
This comes days after Ukrainian President Zelenksy announced the long-awaited Russian offensive in the Donbas had begun. This attack could be a decisive second phase of the war.
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