Vladimir Putin has been fixated on taking Mariupol since the start of the invasion but the Russian advance has been met with remarkable Ukrainian resistance.

Sky News correspondent Mark Stone explores why this industrial port city holds great strategic and symbolic value for both sides in the conflict.

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