Marines in Mariupol claimed Monday that Ukrainian forces are preparing for a \u201cfinal struggle\u201d to regain control of the southern port of Mariupol, which has been encircled by Russians since the invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs the ammo runs out, it will most likely be the last combat,\u201d the Ukrainian military\u2019s 36th<\/sup> marine brigade wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor some of us, it\u2019s death, and for the rest, it\u2019s captivity,\u201d it continued, claiming the Russian army had \u201cpushed back\u201d and \u201cencircled\u201d it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It claimed it had been defending the port for 47 days and had \u201cdone everything feasible and difficult\u201d to keep the city under its grip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fighting has been centred around the city\u2019s Azovstal iron and steelworks, according to Russian soldiers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Marines in Mariupol claimed Monday that Ukrainian forces are preparing for a \u201cfinal struggle\u201d to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":14390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[215],"tags":[266],"class_list":["post-14388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","tag-ukrainian-forces"],"yoast_head":"\n