Once a city of 450,000, now only 120,000 people live in Mariupol. At least 21,000 people have been killed in Mariupol, Mayor Vadym Boychenko said. Bodies were “carpeted through the streets.” A key strategic city in Ukraine, Mariupol has now endured more than six weeks of a brutal Russian siege, putting up a fierce resistance that has so far helped thwart Moscow's plans to control eastern Ukraine's industrial heartland. But shortages of weapons and supplies are threatening Mariupol's ability to resist Russian forces. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the city's fate is being discussed among the country's leaders: “The details cannot be made public now, but we are doing everything we can to save our people,” Zelenskyy said Friday. Read our live updates on Ukraine at the link in our bio. / 📸: AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov