Ukraine retakes key Kyiv suburb as fleeing Mariupol civilians describe corpses in the streets

Residents sheltered at home or underground under a 35-hour curfew imposed by authorities in the capital that runs to Wednesday morning

A Ukrainian serviceman guards his position in Mariupol, Ukraine. Picture: AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov

Ukrainian forces said they retook a strategically important suburb of the capital early Tuesday, while Russia’s attack on the embattled southern port of Mariupol raged unabated, with fleeing civilians describing relentless bombardments and corpses lying in the streets.

Explosions and bursts of gunfire shook Kyiv, and black smoke rose from a spot in the north.