83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary

(W/A) Don Brown. A city ruined. In once quiet residential streets* two armies battle* driving people into cellars and basements with little food or water. No lights or heat. Dwindling medical supplies. Shells and bullets deliver cruel* random death to the young and old* men* women* and children. This is Mariupol* a Ukrainian city and early target of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Bordering Russian-occupied territory* the coastal city seemed doomed to a defeat that would come within days* if not hours. Could Mariupol* and Ukraine* survive? As Russian rockets threatened the city* Ukrainians resisted* and with a heroic combination of sacrifice and bravery* the besieged city endured... for months. But it all came at a steep cost. 83 Days in Mariupol is the story of senseless destruction* patriotism* and grit against long odds a brutal battle whose consequences still reverberate across Ukraine and continue to reshape the global political landscape.