Russian forces are believed to be closing in on the port city of Odesa by land and sea.
Taking Ukraine's third-largest city would effectively cut the rest of the country off from the Black Sea and landlock Ukraine.
Ukrainians carried sandbags, filled with sand from the beach, to strengthen the city's defences, as Russia's campaign advanced in Odesa.
Long stretches of the shoreline have been laid with landmines to delay any beach landings.

Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Odesa, in southern Ukraine.

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