Mariupol residents flee for cover during Russian bombing of city
Mariupol residents flee for cover during Russian bombing of city

Air raid sirens sent people running for shelter in Ukraine's besieged south-eastern city of Mariupol on Sunday as the Russian defense ministry said its forces had advanced 11km (7 miles) and reached five towns north of the city – a claim that Ukraine denied.

Drone footage posted by Ukraine's Azov battalion on social media showed a powerful explosion destroying a high-rise building on Monday.

The drone footage shared by the special forces unit, which includes members of a far-right political group, also showed fires blazing and thick, dark plumes of smoke rising from several buildings in the city.