The Azovstal steelworks cast imposing shadows over the two dozen fishermen attempting to catch mullet from the sulphurous Kalmus river below. It would be another unexceptional post-Soviet apocalyptic scene, perhaps, were it not for the fact that the city is Mariupol, and that a few metres down from the fishermen stand four soldiers. They are on high alert, keeping watch over the bridge, as are soldiers over every bridge in the city, ready to stop an anticipated attack by Russian-backed forces. …read more
Source: The Independent
