Who Controls Mariupol 2025. In practice, however, “russia already controls this sea, since it controls the only entrance: After almost three months of intense bombardment, thousands of reported deaths and countless tales of horror and starvation, the battle for the city of mariupol is nearing its.

Russia captured mariupol in may after a brutal siege. Ukraine says its combat mission in mariupol is over, evacuating soldiers from the azovstal steel plant and effectively ceding the port city to russia.