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An airstrike destroyed a bridge that was a crucial route to bring in food and other aid from Ukraine-controlled territory further south.
European countries reportedly depend on Russian gas and other exports.
Intense Russian air strikes are turning besieged Mariupol into the "ashes of a dead land", the city council said on Tuesday, as street fighting and bombardments raged in the port city.
Russia's military had ordered residents of Mariupol to surrender by 5 a.m. local time on Monday, saying those who did so could leave, while those who stayed would be handed to tribunals run by Moscow-backed separatists.
Mariupol has suffered some of the heaviest bombardments since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. Many of its 400,000 residents remain trapped with little if any food, water and power.
Pope Francis made the statements during his weekly address at St Peter's Square.
Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal, who is known to be a sedate and balanced person, surprised his audience when he referred in his budget speech this year to the Russia-Ukraine war in the context of the economic problems it may entail.
Russian forces pushed deeper into the besieged and battered port city of Mariupol, where heavy fighting on Saturday shut down a major steel plant.
Western officials say that Russia has taken heavy losses with signs of flagging morale amongst its troops.
Russia's advance in Ukraine has largely stalled, and its troops, frustrated by fierce Ukrainian resistance, have blasted residential areas to rubble.
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