Many Ukrainian citizens were evacuated to Russia, not to safer areas in Ukraine. The UN reports that there are currently more than 600,000 Ukrainian refugees in Russia, while Ukraine says most of these people were forcibly brought to Russia.
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Mariupol has been under siege since March 17. Only the steel factory Azovstal is still in the hands of Ukraine. If the city falls completely into the hands of the Russians, it will be an important victory for Russia. In this case, it controls the entire southeast coast of Ukraine.
In addition, the port of Mariupol is an important strategic object that can be used to supply Russian troops. Troops that are still active in Mariupol will then be deployable on other front lines.
In this video you can see why Mariupol is so important to Russians:
Source: RTL
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