Pro-Russian separatists threaten Ukraine’s Mariupol with strikes

FILE PHOTO: A view shows a damaged school building in Mariupol

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Pro-Russian forces may launch targeted strikes on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol unless Ukrainian forces there surrender, the Interfax news agency quoted Donetsk separatist commander Eduard Basurin as saying on Thursday.

Russia and separatists say they have encircled the city of 430,000 located on the Azov Sea coast.

(Reporting by Moscow bureau; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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