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Civilians fleeing Mariupol describe street-to-street battles

A volunteer bakes bread for Ukrainian servicemen in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) Refugees with children at a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, after fleeing the war from neighbouring Ukraine on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) Refugees from Lviv, Ukraine, sit in a Red Cross headquarters in Rome, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A convoy of Red Cross vehicles carrying 80 people, mostly elderly and sick arrived Tuesday in Rome. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) A car destroyed by shelling is seen in a street in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) People roam around a used-books street market in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) A woman waits for a transport after fleeing the war from neighbouring Ukraine at a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) An elderly woman walks pass concrete blocks topped with sandbags at a street in Odesa, southern Ukraine, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Refugee children from Ukraine lie on their cots in the emergency shelter and pass the time in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) Displaced Ukrainians on a Poland-bound train bid farewell in Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Refugees from Lviv, Ukraine, sit in a Red Cross headquarters in Rome, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A convoy of Red Cross vehicles carrying 80 people, mostly elderly and sick arrived Tuesday in Rome. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) An elderly woman walks pass concrete blocks topped with sandbags at a street in Odesa, southern Ukraine, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A woman waits for a transport after fleeing the war from neighbouring Ukraine at a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) Sandbags protect a building entrance in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Ukrainian forces fought off continuing Russian efforts to occupy Mariupol and claimed to have retaken a strategic suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, mounting a defense so dogged that it is stoking fears Russia's Vladimir Putin will escalate the war to new heights. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) A boxing punch ball with a drawing of Russian President Vladimir Putin's face hangs inside a bar in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Ukrainian forces fought off continuing Russian efforts to occupy Mariupol and claimed to have retaken a strategic suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, mounting a defense so dogged that it is stoking fears Russia's Vladimir Putin will escalate the war to new heights. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Refugee children from Ukraine lie on their cots in the emergency shelter and pass the time in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) Displaced Ukrainians on a Poland-bound train bid farewell in Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Refugees from Lviv, Ukraine, sit in a Red Cross headquarters in Rome, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A convoy of Red Cross vehicles carrying 80 people, mostly elderly and sick arrived Tuesday in Rome. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) An elderly woman walks pass concrete blocks topped with sandbags at a street in Odesa, southern Ukraine, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A woman waits for a transport after fleeing the war from neighbouring Ukraine at a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) Sandbags protect a building entrance in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Ukrainian forces fought off continuing Russian efforts to occupy Mariupol and claimed to have retaken a strategic suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, mounting a defense so dogged that it is stoking fears Russia's Vladimir Putin will escalate the war to new heights. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) A boxing punch ball with a drawing of Russian President Vladimir Putin's face hangs inside a bar in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Ukrainian forces fought off continuing Russian efforts to occupy Mariupol and claimed to have retaken a strategic suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, mounting a defense so dogged that it is stoking fears Russia's Vladimir Putin will escalate the war to new heights. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Refugee children from Ukraine lie on their cots in the emergency shelter and pass the time in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) Displaced Ukrainians on a Poland-bound train bid farewell in Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Refugees from Lviv, Ukraine, sit in a Red Cross headquarters in Rome, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A convoy of Red Cross vehicles carrying 80 people, mostly elderly and sick arrived Tuesday in Rome. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) An elderly woman walks pass concrete blocks topped with sandbags at a street in Odesa, southern Ukraine, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A woman waits for a transport after fleeing the war from neighbouring Ukraine at a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) Sandbags protect a building entrance in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Ukrainian forces fought off continuing Russian efforts to occupy Mariupol and claimed to have retaken a strategic suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, mounting a defense so dogged that it is stoking fears Russia's Vladimir Putin will escalate the war to new heights. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) A boxing ball with a drawing of Russian President Vladimir Putin's face hangs inside a bar in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Ukrainian forces fought off continuing Russian efforts to occupy Mariupol and claimed to have retaken a strategic suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, mounting a defense so dogged that it is stoking fears Russia's Vladimir Putin will escalate the war to new heights. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Refugees with children wait for a transport after fleeing the war from neighbouring Ukraine at a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) Sandbags protect a building entrance in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Ukrainian forces fought off continuing Russian efforts to occupy Mariupol and claimed to have retaken a strategic suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, mounting a defense so dogged that it is stoking fears Russia's Vladimir Putin will escalate the war to new heights. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) A woman waits for a transport after fleeing the war from neighbouring Ukraine at a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the Italian parliament via video link, in Rome, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP) A volunteer cooks food for Ukrainian servicemen in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) Displaced Ukrainians on a Poland-bound train bid farewell in Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appears on the television inside a bar in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Ukrainian forces fought off continuing Russian efforts to occupy Mariupol and claimed to have retaken a strategic suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, mounting a defense so dogged that it is stoking fears Russia's Vladimir Putin will escalate the war to new heights. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) An elderly woman walks pass concrete blocks topped with sandbags at a street in Odesa, southern Ukraine, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Ukrainian serviceman has a rest on his position in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) A boxing ball with a drawing of Russian President Vladimir Putin's face hangs inside a bar in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Ukrainian forces fought off continuing Russian efforts to occupy Mariupol and claimed to have retaken a strategic suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, mounting a defense so dogged that it is stoking fears Russia's Vladimir Putin will escalate the war to new heights. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Refugees with children wait for a transport after fleeing the war from neighbouring Ukraine at a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) A couple kisses in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Sandbags protect a building entrance in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Ukrainian forces fought off continuing Russian efforts to occupy Mariupol and claimed to have retaken a strategic suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, mounting a defense so dogged that it is stoking fears Russia's Vladimir Putin will escalate the war to new heights. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) A woman waits for a transport after fleeing the war from neighbouring Ukraine at a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the Italian parliament via video link, in Rome, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP) A volunteer cooks food for Ukrainian servicemen in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) Displaced Ukrainians on a Poland-bound train bid farewell in Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appears on the television inside a bar in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Ukrainian forces fought off continuing Russian efforts to occupy Mariupol and claimed to have retaken a strategic suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, mounting a defense so dogged that it is stoking fears Russia's Vladimir Putin will escalate the war to new heights. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Ukrainian serviceman checks documents of a driver in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) A car destroyed by shelling is seen in a street in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) Ukrainian servicemen have a rest in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) An elderly woman walks pass concrete blocks topped with sandbags at a street in Odesa, southern Ukraine, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Ukrainian serviceman has a rest on his position in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) Firefighters extinguish a fire in a shopping center after shelling, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Ukrainian serviceman has a rest on his position in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) Refugees with children wait for a transport after fleeing the war from neighbouring Ukraine at a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) A couple kisses in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) A woman waits for a transport after fleeing the war from neighbouring Ukraine at a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) A car destroyed by shelling is seen in a street in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the Italian parliament via video link, in Rome, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP) A volunteer cooks food for Ukrainian servicemen in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) Displaced Ukrainians on a Poland-bound train bid farewell in Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Ukrainian serviceman checks documents of a driver in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) Ukrainian servicemen have a rest in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) A car destroyed by shelling is seen in a street in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) A ribbon in the colours of the Ukrainian flag fixes hair of a girl as Ukrainian refugees with children wait to board a bus at a square next to a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) A couple kisses in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Displaced Ukrainians on a Poland-bound train bid farewell in Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) A ribbon in the colours of the Ukrainian flag fixes hair of a girl as Ukrainian refugees with children wait to board a bus at a square next to a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) A couple kisses in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Displaced Ukrainians on a Poland-bound train bid farewell in Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) A ribbon in the colours of the Ukrainian flag fixes hair of a girl as Ukrainian refugees with children wait to board a bus at a square next to a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) A couple kisses in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Displaced Ukrainians on a Poland-bound train bid farewell in Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) A ribbon in the colours of the Ukrainian flag fixes hair of a girl as Ukrainian refugees with children wait to board a bus at a square next to a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) A couple kisses in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Displaced Ukrainians on a Poland-bound train bid farewell in Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) A ribbon in the colours of the Ukrainian flag fixes hair of a girl as Ukrainian refugees with children wait to board a bus at a square next to a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) A couple kisses in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Displaced Ukrainians on a Poland-bound train bid farewell in Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Ukrainian refugees with children board transport at a square next to a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) A ribbon in the colours of the Ukrainian flag fixes hair of a girl as Ukrainian refugees with children wait to board a bus at a square next to a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) A couple kisses in downtown Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Ukrainian refugees with children board transport at a square next to a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) Displaced Ukrainians on a Poland-bound train bid farewell in Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Ukrainian refugees with children board transport at a square next to a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) A ribbon in the colours of the Ukrainian flag fixes hair of a girl as Ukrainian refugees with children wait to board a bus at a square next to a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) Ukrainian refugees with children board transport at a square next to a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) Ukrainian soldiers and firefighters search for people under debris inside a shopping center after shelling, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Ukrainian soldiers and firefighters search for people under debris inside a shopping center after shelling, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Ukrainian soldiers and firefighters search for people under debris inside a shopping center after shelling, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) A woman walks on a deserted street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. As Russia intensified its effort to pound Mariupol into submission, its ground offensive in other parts of Ukraine has become bogged down. Western officials and analysts say the conflict is turning into a grinding war of attrition, with Russia bombarding cities. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Serhii Volosovets, a commander in the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces, fires a pistol during a training camp for volunteers in Brovary, northeast of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Ukrainian firefighters and servicemen search for people under debris inside a shopping center after bombing in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Worker Ruslan Trishchuk, 40, smokes a cigarette while taking a break outside the crematorium of Baikave cemetery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) Civilian volunteers attend a training camp of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces in Brovary, northeast of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) A priest prays by the ruins of a destroyed shopping center after shelling, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) People examine the damage after shelling of a shopping center, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. Eight people were killed in the attack. (AP Photo/ (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) People carry wooden boards to cover the windows of a building damaged by a bombing the previous day in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. As Russia intensified its effort to pound Mariupol into submission, its ground offensive in other parts of Ukraine has become bogged down. Western officials and analysts say the conflict is turning into a grinding war of attrition, with Russia bombarding cities.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) In this image from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks from Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday, March 21, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) A woman measures a window before covering it with plastic sheets in a building damaged by a bombing the previous day in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. As Russia intensified its effort to pound Mariupol into submission, its ground offensive in other parts of Ukraine has become bogged down. Western officials and analysts say the conflict is turning into a grinding war of attrition, with Russia bombarding cities.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Civilian volunteers attend a training camp of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces in Brovary, northeast of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) A man reacts standing near his house ruined after Russian shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. At least eight people were killed in the attack. (AP Photo/ (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A firefighter looks at the destruction caused after shelling of a shopping center, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/ (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) Firefighters extinguish a fire near a shopping center after shelling, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Civilians fleeing Mariupol describe street-to-street battles