Ukraine's president has said there is "nothing left" of the city of Mariupol after weeks of Russian bombardment, and Kyiv appealed to Moscow to allow the evacuation of at least 100,000 people who want to leave.

Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum is in Dnipro and she brought us up to date on what has happened in the last 24 hours.

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