Unverified claims that the southern port city has finally fallen to Russia | Daily Mail |

Last night there were unverified claims that Mariupol had finally fallen after Kremlin supporters released images purporting to show Russian-backed separatist leader Denis Pushilin arriving in the city along with Russian politicians Andrey Turchak and Dmitry Sablin.

Other pictures showed Russian 'Z' tanks rolling through the streets as invasion force soldiers manned checkpoints in and out. 

Mariupol council yesterday warned: 'Residents of the Left Bank district are beginning to be deported en masse to Russia. 

Mariupol is now under the control of the Russian army and the DPR

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