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Weekend: Thousands flee besieged Mariupol for Zaporizhzhia

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Thousands flee besieged Mariupol for Zaporizhzhia

20/03/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Thousands flee besieged Mariupol for Zaporizhzhia

Thousands of people continue to flee the besieged city of Mariupol.

Thousands of people have fled the besieged city of Mariupol into the southern city of Zaporizhzhia. 

Also, in the programme: We meet the residents of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv who are determined to continue living their lives despite the raging war.

Joining Celia Hatton to discuss these and other issues are Lisa Millar, a journalist and broadcaster for the ABC network in Australia and Rupert Russell, a British filmmaker and author. 

(Photo: People walk near a block of flats, which was destroyed during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine on March 17, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko )

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