A ragtag mix of volunteer battalions and local residents were bracing for a desperate defence of Mariupol, a strategic port city and the last big town in the region still under Ukrainian control.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Agence France – Presse: Ukraine rebels prepare attack as EU threatens new sanctions
A Russian military MPC moves along a road near the Ukrainian border outside the town of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky on Aug. 15, 2014.
