Last marines defending Mariupol ‘running out of ammunition’
by Luke Harding Isobel Koshiw in Kyiv and Bethan McKe from on (#5Y2EJ)
The 36th brigade say they face death for some of us, and captivity for the rest' as Russian offensive continues
The last Ukrainian soldiers defending Mariupol said they were running out of ammunition" on Monday and expected to be killed or taken prisoner very soon by Russian forces surrounding the city.
Writing on Facebook the 36th brigade said its 47-day defence of Mariupol was coming to a tragic conclusion. We were bombed from airplanes and shot at by artillery and tanks. We have been doing everything possible and impossible. But any resource has the potential to run out," it said.
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