Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to the port city of Mariupol, his first trip to the Russian-occupied territory. Mariupol is in the Donetsk region, one of four largely Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine that Putin in September moved to annex in an action rejected as illegal by most countries at the United […]
Ukrainian forces are resisting Russia’s all-out assault on a key city in Luhansk Province and both sides admit Russian troops now control up to half of the city. Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk sent out a ship loaded with thousands of tonnes of steel from Mariupol to Russia with Ukraine saying this amounts to looting.
Ukrainian forces began evacuating soldiers from their last stronghold in the besieged port city of Mariupol on May 16, likely signaling the end of the Russia–Ukraine conflict that ran for 82 days, and marking a significant defeat for Ukraine. Roughly 600 members of the Azov battalion were estimated to be inside the Soviet-era Azovstal steel plant in the eastern […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says over 100 civilians were evacuated from a steel plant in Mariupol over the weekend. But hundreds of people remained trapped.
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On a visit to Moscow, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres proposes to coordinate with the Red Cross, Ukraine, and Russia to create humanitarian corridors out of the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol. And residents of the Donbas in eastern Ukraine say they are struggling to survive without many of the basics.
Russia says it plans to take full control of Donbas and southern Ukraine during the second phase of what it calls its special military operation. On Thursday Russia claimed victory over Mariupol. Now it appears they’re collecting the dead. Warning, the following video may be difficult for some viewers due to its graphic nature.
A Russian ultimatum to Ukrainian troops in Mariupol to surrender by this afternoon has passed. A marine commander says they are facing their last days if not hours. The deputy mayor of the city casts doubt on Russia’s claim of a humanitarian corridor and calls on the West to provide promised weapons as quickly as possible.
Ukrainian forces are refusing to surrender in the port city of Mariupol. Russia gave another ultimatum, and the Pentagon said bigger U.S. weapons would arrive in Ukraine soon.
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Russia said Saturday that there are no Ukrainian troops in the urban area of Mariupol, a key battlefield in the east of Ukraine. “The entire urban territory of Mariupol is completely cleared of militants of the Nazist group ‘Azov,’ foreign mercenaries, and Ukrainian troops,” Russian Defense Ministry wrote in a social media post. The remainder […]
Ukrainian soldiers are preparing for their final battle in Mariupol, while they are running low on supplies. The Russian Defence Ministry says over 1,000 Ukrainian troops surrendered. The mayor of the besieged port city says Russian forces are trying to hide evidence of war crimes by destroying bodies in mobile crematoriums.
