An aerial view of the city of Mariupol on April 12.Mariupol, a strategic port city on the Sea of Azov, has been under Russian siege for weeks, with reports of civilians lacking access to food, water and medicines.
As Russia re-focuses its invasion toward eastern Ukraine, analysts believe Moscow is seeking to take Mariupol and connect annexed Crimea with eastern Ukraine's separatist republics by land.
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