THEY WERE HUNTING US DOWN LIKE DOGS REPORTS ESCAPING JOURNALIST

 'The Russians were hunting us down': Journalist's riveting first-person account of how he escaped besieged Mariupol after learning Putin's forces had put his name on a 'list' and were 'closing in'

• Journalist Mstyslav Chernov's reveals his own account of the siege of Mariupol
• The Black Sea port city has been a centre of the conflict's devastation for weeks
• Ukraine today rejected Russian demands for Mariupol troops to drop weapons

• Mariupol continues to be a centre of devastation in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

  Yesterday Ukraine rejected Russian demands that troops in the Black Sea port city lay down their weapons and surrender in return for letting tens of thousands of civilians trapped in the heavily besieged place leave safely - saying promises of amnesty cannot be trusted and they are determined to fight 'to the last soldier'.

  Mariupol has been surrounded by Russian forces for two weeks. A team of Associated Press journalists documented the agony of the conflict-torn city from inside its centre when they learned their names were on a Russian list. 

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