Putin orders blockade of Mariupol steelworks ‘so a fly can’t get through’
by Andrew Roth Moscow correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5YCZ6)
Russian president tells forces that storming last Ukrainian stronghold in port city would be impractical'
Vladimir Putin has ordered his forces not to storm the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in the besieged city of Mariupol, after his defence minister admitted that the Russian army was still fighting thousands of Ukrainian troops there.
Putin described a plan to storm the Azovstal steelworks impractical" and called instead for Russian troops to blockade the area so that a fly can't get through".
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