“The city is smashed to pieces,” said Mariupol journalist Yulia Harkusha, a contributor to RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service who just completed the hazardous journey from the besieged Azov Sea port city to territory held by the Ukrainian military. “There is nothing left [for the Russians]to control. I have only seen sights like this in photographs… Please...

A map shows the state of Russian advances around Mariupol as of April 13.