Ukraine war: Mariupol defenders will fight to the end' - PM
Ukrainian PM Denys Shmyhal has said defenders of the besieged port of Mariupol will fight to the end against Russian forces.
In Mykolaiv in the south - where fighters have been holding off a Russian advance on the port of Odesa - the governor said there had been continuous rocket attacks.In his Easter address, Pope Francis called for peace in Ukraine, saying "the flexing of muscle while people are suffering" had to end In an interview with the US network ABC, Mr Shmyhal said a Russian deadline for Ukrainian forces in Mariupol to surrender by dawn on Sunday had been ignored.
The city is regarded as a strategic prize for the Russians, as seizing it would give them a swathe of territory connecting Crimea with regions held by pro-Russian separatists in the east.
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