Mariupol, a port city in southern Ukraine, has seen the most intense fighting of the Russian invasion. The troops have been surrounded and outnumbered. Russian leaders would be upset that the city was still unconquered, according to UK officials. British intelligence said Monday that Russian commanders would be unhappy with their inability to conquer Mariupol. —Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) April 18, 2022 Russian commanders will be concerned by the time it takes to subdue Mariupol. Concerted Ukrainian resistance has tested Russian forces and diverted men and materiel, slowing Russia's advance. The port city of Mariupol has been the scene of intense fighting for almost the entire duration of the invasion. It has been surrounded for weeks by ground troops. The survivors who made it out of the city have described it as hell on earth, deprived of food, water, and heating. The mayor said that there had been 21,000 deaths there and their bodies were dumped in the streets. —Daria Kaleniuk (@dkaleniuk) April 2, 2022 Ukrainian fighters have been in the city for weeks. The last stand by soldiers from the marine corps and the Azov battalion was described by the Associated Press and Financial Times. They were resisting from inside the bombed out Soviet steelworks. There were some fighters who surrendered recently. A British man serving as a marine was featured in a Russian propaganda video and appeared to speak under duress. The troops in Mariupol will fight until the end, according to Denys Shmyhal, the prime minister of Ukraine. Russian leaders have not made any public statements about their progress in Mariupol. Analysts and intelligence officials have said that Russia's President Vladimir Putin would have been enraged by the war effort that fell short of his expectations. Russia decided to focus its forces on the east of the country after failing to advance on northern Ukraine. The original article is on Business Insider. The Ukrainian forces have been told by the Russian defence ministry to lay down their weapons at 6 a.m. Moscow time is on Sunday to save their lives. Russia's claim that its troops had cleared the city of Mariupol, scene of the war's heaviest fighting and worst humanitarian catastrophe, could not be independently verified. It would be the first major city to fall to the Russians. China could be in trouble if the ruling military junta in the West African nation increases revenues from its resources. Despite assurances that the military would respect existing regulations, contracts and investments, after Alpha Conde was removed as president in a coup in September, Guinea has been putting more pressure on foreign mining firms. It recently ordered foreign companies to build a refinery. 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