Chechen warlord and ally Ramzan Kadyrov has said the besieged port of will 'fall by lunchtime' as Russian forces continue to tighten the noose around the city's last Ukrainian stronghold. Mariupol would be the biggest city to be seized by Russia since invading Ukraine eight weeks ago, and the port is seen as a key strategic position for Russia's assault on the east of Ukraine.But Putin's forces have been forced to reduce what was once a bustling metropolis of 400,000 people to rubble, having met bitter resistance from Ukraine's armed forces and territorial defence units stationed there.
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