The Kremlin is 'preparing' to pound Odessa and 'choke' off its lifeline as a ceasefire is called for the besieged city of Mariupol - amid fears Putin could blast the escape route of refugees with airstrikes for a second time. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky today warned that Russian forces are preparing to shell Odessa today - a historic port city on the Black Sea coast.Russia has made progress in southern Ukraine since its invasion 11 days ago, overrunning the city of Kherson and shelling the port of Mariupol, but Odessa has so far been largely spared.
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