Dmytro Kozatski/Azov Special Forces Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard Press Office via AP
- Russia's months-long siege and bombardment of Mariupol saw the city reduced to rubble.
- Interviews with two Ukrainians — a soldier and the mother of two soldiers — revealed scenes of intense combat.
- The soldier and one of the sons both ended up in the same Russian prison camp that suffered a deadly explosion last year.
Mass graves, bodies of civilians strewn in the streets, buildings reduced entirely to rubble, and Ukrainian soldiers fighting to the bitter end, often giving the last full measure, as Russia strangled the life out of a city that was once full.