Residents of captured Ukrainian port city try to survive among its ruins


FILE PHOTO: People walk past a building destroyed during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) - Fighting for control of this strategic Ukrainian port city ended two months ago with victory for Russia after thousands were killed and hundreds of thousands forced to flee.

Many of those who are left in Mariupol now face a new battle: how to survive, said five residents interviewed by Reuters.

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