Russia launched a barrage of strikes in Eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, marking a new stage of the war Ukrainian officials are calling “the battle of the Donbas.” And Ukrainian forces trapped in a Mariupol steel plant plead for international assistance as they warn they are losing control. Chief Correspondent Amna Nawaz has the latest.

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