Fighting reaches centre of Mariupol - mayor

Fighting reaches centre of Mariupol 

Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boichenko tells me fighting has reached the city centre, Qazet.az confirming according to Russian reports.

"Yes, they were really active today. Tanks and machine gun battles continue," he says. "Everybody is hiding in bunkers"

He says more than 80% of residential buildings are either damaged or destroyed, and 30% of them cannot be restored.

"There’s no city centre left. There isn’t a small piece of land in the city that doesn’t have signs of war," he says.