From the top of the city’s Rotunda of People’s Friendship, this tribute to soldier can be see from a distance.

Up close, the mural is on the side of an eight-storey block of flats.

It features local lad Serhii Volynskyi, 31, who was one of the defenders of Mariupol, as commander of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade.

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On a weekend dominated by news that super clubs want to create an elite Snob League, Madrid minnows Rayo provided a glittering riposte.

Teeny-weeny, itsy-bitsy raggedy Rayo battered big boys Barca for 50 minutes before gloriously throwing it all away.

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