Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks have surrendered to Russian troops. Here's what happens next
2 years, 10 months ago

Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks have surrendered to Russian troops. Here's what happens next

ABC  

Nearly 1,000 Ukrainian fighters who had held out inside Mariupol's pulverised steel plant have surrendered, Russia has said. Key points: Ukrainian prisoners have been taken out of Mariupol under Russian guard There are calls for the Red Cross to be given access to the POWs to make sure they are not being mistreated The plant was the last thing standing in the way of Russia declaring the full capture of Mariupol The battle for Mariupol turned the city into a worldwide symbol of defiance and suffering. Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty's deputy director for the region, cited lawless executions allegedly carried out by Russian forces in Ukraine and said the Azovstal defenders "must not meet the same fate". Britain's defence ministry said Ukraine's defence of Mariupol "inflicted costly personnel losses" on Russian forces.

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Ukraine says its soldiers recaptured a Russian stronghold after hand-to-hand fighting
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukraine says its soldiers recaptured a Russian stronghold after hand-to-hand fighting

LA Times  

Smoke, dust and debris can be seen after a Russian attack that hit a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Ukrainian troops engaged in hand-to-hand combat as they drove Russian forces out of a huge processing plant in the town of Vovchansk in Ukraine’s northeast that had been occupied for four months, officials said Tuesday. The plant, a partly …

Thousands in Ukraine honor soldiers killed in blast and urge government to get prisoners freed
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Thousands in Ukraine honor soldiers killed in blast and urge government to get prisoners freed

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainians urged their government to do more to get Russia to release prisoners of war, voicing their anger on Sunday at a ceremony commemorating the second anniversary of an explosion that killed more than 50. Several thousand soldiers and civilians gathered at Kyiv’s Independence Square Sunday to commemorate the second anniversary of an explosion that killed more …

Exhaustion, dwindling reserves and a commander who disappeared: How Ukraine lost Avdiivka to Russia
1 year ago

Exhaustion, dwindling reserves and a commander who disappeared: How Ukraine lost Avdiivka to Russia

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Associated Press interviewed 10 Ukrainian soldiers to reconstruct …

Exhaustion, dwindling reserves and a commander who disappeared: How Ukraine lost Avdiivka to Russia
1 year ago

Exhaustion, dwindling reserves and a commander who disappeared: How Ukraine lost Avdiivka to Russia

Associated Press  

SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — One Ukrainian brigade had defended the same block of industrial buildings for months without a break. This satellite image from Feb. 26, 2024 shows Avdiivka’s coke plant after Ukrainian troops withdrew from the city in February 2024. “We weren’t so much physically exhausted as psychologically, being chained to that place,” said Viktor Biliak, an infantryman with the …

Exhaustion, dwindling reserves and a commander who disappeared: How Ukraine lost Avdiivka to Russia
1 year ago

Exhaustion, dwindling reserves and a commander who disappeared: How Ukraine lost Avdiivka to Russia

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We weren’t so much physically exhausted as psychologically, being …

Russia unleashes assault waves on Ukraine’s Avdiivka, refugees on Nordics
1 year, 3 months ago

Russia unleashes assault waves on Ukraine’s Avdiivka, refugees on Nordics

Al Jazeera  

Russia is losing manpower at pace, says Ukraine, whose army has been mostly on the defensive in recent days. On one day alone, Ukraine’s military said it had “eliminated” 1,100 Russian soldiers and 30 tanks. Russian fatalities came to almost 1,000 men a day – 6,260 for the week of November 20-26, said Ukraine’s deputy defence minister Oleksandr Pavlyuk. He …

Tired Ukrainian Troops Fight to Hold Back Russian Offensive: ‘They Come Like Zombies’
1 year, 4 months ago

Tired Ukrainian Troops Fight to Hold Back Russian Offensive: ‘They Come Like Zombies’

Live Mint  

BERDYCHI, Ukraine—Every day, groups of Russian infantry attack the tree lines and pockmarked fields east of this village, which block their push to surround the city of Avdiivka. “Step by step, they take our positions," said Lt. Oleksandr Shyrshyn, deputy commander of an understrength battalion of Ukraine’s 47th Mechanized Brigade that is defending a kilometer-long stretch of the front. Russia’s …

Russia ramps up attacks on key cities in eastern Ukraine
1 year, 4 months ago

Russia ramps up attacks on key cities in eastern Ukraine

LA Times  

A servicewomen cries Saturday after placing flowers to commemorate those killed in the war, as the city of Kherson marks one year since Ukraine retook it from occupying Russian forces. Russian forces have ramped up attacks in eastern Ukraine in an attempt to gain ground near two key front line cities, Ukrainian military officials said Sunday. Ukraine’s General Staff said …

RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR | On the frontline of Bakhmut
1 year, 8 months ago

RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR | On the frontline of Bakhmut

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 15, 2023 14:38 IST - 4 MINS READ Yuriy Korpan is 39 years old but looks a decade older, his face worn as he returns from a week of combat near Bakhmut. On his last day on the frontline before a week’s rest, Korpan remembers “the bombing started at four in the morning with mortar and artillery …

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy brings home Azovstal commanders from Turkey
1 year, 8 months ago

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy brings home Azovstal commanders from Turkey

Al Jazeera  

Russia denounces the soldiers’ return, accusing Kyiv and Ankara of violating a prisoner exchange deal under which the men were to remain in Turkey until the end of the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has returned home, from a visit to Turkey, with five commanders of Ukraine’s former garrison in Mariupol, a move Russia said violated the terms of a …

Both sides suffer heavy casualties as Ukraine strikes back against Russia, UK assessment says
1 year, 9 months ago

Both sides suffer heavy casualties as Ukraine strikes back against Russia, UK assessment says

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine are suffering high numbers of military casualties as Ukraine fights to dislodge the Kremlin’s forces from occupied areas in the early stages of its counteroffensive, British officials said Sunday. While the update reported that Ukraine was on the offensive in these areas and had “made small advances,” it said that Russian forces were conducting …

Captured Ukrainian soldiers face trial in Russia
1 year, 9 months ago

Captured Ukrainian soldiers face trial in Russia

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — More than 20 Ukrainian soldiers who were taken prisoner during fighting in Ukraine went on trial in southern Russia on Wednesday. The captured soldiers were members of the Azov battalion, an elite Ukrainian armed forces unit that fought Russian troops in the Sea of Azov port of Mariupol. Russia captured Mariupol last year after a three-month battle that …

Russia says two military commanders killed in east Ukraine
1 year, 10 months ago

Russia says two military commanders killed in east Ukraine

The Hindu  

Russia said on May 14 that two of its military commanders had been killed in combat near the frontline hotspot of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said last year that 5,937 Russian troops had been killed in the pro-Western country even though military analysts say Moscow has sought to hide the scale of its losses in Ukraine. …

Full coverage: Erasing Mariupol
55 years, 2 months ago

Full coverage: Erasing Mariupol

Associated Press  

The city of Mariupol came under siege by Russian troops for almost three months in 2022, and turned into a symbol for Ukrainian resistance and now also for Russian occupation. A team of Associated Press journalists were documenting the agony of Mariupol from inside the Ukrainian city when they learned their names were on a Russian list. Chernov and Maloletka, …

Russian missile barrage slams into Ukrainian cities; 6 dead
2 years ago

Russian missile barrage slams into Ukrainian cities; 6 dead

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — A barrage of more than 80 Russian missiles and a smaller number of exploding drones hit residential buildings and critical infrastructure across Ukraine on Thursday, killing six people and leaving hundreds of thousands without heat or electricity. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the assault that came while many people slept was “another attempt by the terrorist state to …

Horror in Bucha, battle for Mariupol: The Ukraine war in five chapters
2 years ago

Horror in Bucha, battle for Mariupol: The Ukraine war in five chapters

Firstpost  

One year ago, after repeatedly denying plans to invade Ukraine, Russian president Vladimir Putin launched the largest attack on Ukraine since World War II. Here is a timeline of the major developments Paris: Russian president Vladimir Putin launched the biggest attack on a European country since World War II when he ordered the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. …

Russian forces keep Ukrainian troops tied down with fighting in the east
2 years, 1 month ago

Russian forces keep Ukrainian troops tied down with fighting in the east

LA Times  

A woman emerges from a residential building that was hit by a Russian rocket in Ukrainian’s second-biggest city, Kharkiv, on Sunday. Russian forces are keeping Ukrainian troops tied down with fighting in the eastern Donbas region as Moscow assembles additional combat power there for an expected offensive in the coming weeks, Ukrainian officials said Monday. Serhiy Haidai said shelling there …

Russia claims deadly attack, but Kyiv denies anyone killed
2 years, 2 months ago

Russia claims deadly attack, but Kyiv denies anyone killed

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — The Russian military claimed Sunday to have carried out deadly missile strikes on barracks used by Ukrainian troops in retaliation for the deaths of dozens of Russian soldiers in a rocket attack a week ago. The Russian Defense Ministry said its missiles hit two temporary bases housing 1,300 Ukrainian troops in Kramatorsk, in the eastern Donetsk region, …

Ukraine claims it has killed or wounded at least 500 more Russian troops in strikes on two bases
2 years, 2 months ago

Ukraine claims it has killed or wounded at least 500 more Russian troops in strikes on two bases

Daily Mail  

Ukraine destroyed a Russian ammunition store and killed or wounded at least 500 troops in a wave of devastating strikes, its military claimed today. SAMARA, RUSSIA: Russian mourners voiced grief and anger at Moscow's commanders on Tuesday during a rare public commemoration for the scores of soldiers that were killed in the New Year's Eve strike. Pictured: People take part …

US House approves Ukraine aid including arms after Zelenskyy visit, Russia demolishes Mariupol theatre
2 years, 2 months ago

US House approves Ukraine aid including arms after Zelenskyy visit, Russia demolishes Mariupol theatre

ABC  

The US House of Representatives has given final approval to a $US45 billion aid package for Ukraine, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy returned from Washington with the promise of Patriot missiles to help fend off Russia's invasion. Key points: Russia threatened to cut oil output by 5-7 per cent early next year Ukraine drove Russian forces from the areas around Kyiv …

A new Russian city is being built on the graves of thousands of war victims in Ukraine's Mariupol
2 years, 2 months ago

A new Russian city is being built on the graves of thousands of war victims in Ukraine's Mariupol

India Today  

Months after Ukraine's port city - Mariupol - fell in May, Russia is building a new city where the war claimed thousands of lives. An investigative report by AP found that a new Russian city is being built on the ruins of Mariupol with materials from at least one European company. Russia is erasing any signs of the city's Ukrainian …

‘Not treated like humans’: Ukrainian women on Russian captivity
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Not treated like humans’: Ukrainian women on Russian captivity

Al Jazeera  

Former prisoners of war, swapped in a recent deal, say they were subjected to starvation and other forms of abuse. “I was glad she wasn’t near me,” she told Al Jazeera, describing how she trusted a total stranger to take Alisa away on a bus. “They” were the Russian servicemen and pro-Russian separatists who interrogated her and roughly 1,000 Ukrainians …

Ukraine's First Lady meets heroes of Mariupol as they are reunited with their families in Turkey
2 years, 5 months ago

Ukraine's First Lady meets heroes of Mariupol as they are reunited with their families in Turkey

Daily Mail  

Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska was among the first to greet the heroic defenders of Mariupol as they were reunited with their families in Turkey after a prisoner swap secured their release from Russia. Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska shakes hands with the ecstatic daughter of Denys Shleha after the five Azovstal commanders are finally reunited with their families after …

Ukraine-Russia war: Ukrainian prisoners, including Putin key ally, released
2 years, 5 months ago

Ukraine-Russia war: Ukrainian prisoners, including Putin key ally, released

Live Mint  

The war between Ukraine and Russia is witnessing new developments each passing day and the involvement of other countries in the war is becoming more evident. Vladimir Putin’s order to call up as many as 300,000 reservists to fight in Ukraine triggered protests around the country, the biggest since the early days of the war. On the ground Nearly seven …

Fighting rages near Russian-held nuclear plant in Ukraine
2 years, 6 months ago

Fighting rages near Russian-held nuclear plant in Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

An official says the besieged Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility may be closed as residents near the plant are urged to evacuate for their own safety. Heavy fighting erupted in areas near the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in Ukraine after Kyiv warned it might have to shut down the plant to avoid a radiation disaster. The General Staff of the Ukrainian …

Heavy fighting rages in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied south
2 years, 6 months ago

Heavy fighting rages in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied south

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine claimed to have destroyed bridges and ammunition depots and pounded command posts in a surge of fighting in the Russian-occupied south, fueling speculation Tuesday that its long-awaited counteroffensive to try to turn the tide of war is underway. While independent verification of battlefield action has been difficult, Britain’s Defense Ministry said in an intelligence report that …

Mariupol remembered: a bright future reduced to rubble
2 years, 6 months ago

Mariupol remembered: a bright future reduced to rubble

Al Jazeera  

‘I still keep the keys to my apartment’ The United Nations says 90 percent of Mariupol's buildings have been destroyed since Russian forces attacked the city in late February. Kyrylo confirmed in August 2022 that he has received information posted by an adviser to the city’s mayor on the messaging app Telegram that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St Peter’s …

Russia, Ukraine trade blame for deadly attack on POW prison
2 years, 7 months ago

Russia, Ukraine trade blame for deadly attack on POW prison

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine accused each other Friday of shelling a prison in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine, an attack that reportedly killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war captured after the fall of Mariupol, the city where troops famously held out against a monthslong Russian siege. Russia claimed that Ukraine’s military used U.S.-supplied rocket launchers to …

Bravery of Azovstal defenders recalled at Kyiv funeral
2 years, 7 months ago

Bravery of Azovstal defenders recalled at Kyiv funeral

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — When he gave himself up to Russian forces in May at the pulverized Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, the wounded Ukrainian soldier could not say a proper goodbye to his slain friend, whose body had to be left behind with hundreds of other dead. David was among 144 Ukrainian soldiers — including 95 who fought in Mariupol …

Russia blames Ukraine for casualties in occupied Kherson
2 years, 8 months ago

Russia blames Ukraine for casualties in occupied Kherson

Al Jazeera  

Moscow says air raid in Russian-held town of Nova Kakhovka has killed seven people, while rescue operations continue in Chasiv Yar, hit by a Russian missile. At least seven people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an attack by Ukrainian armed forces in the Russian-held town of Nova Kakhovka in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, according to Russian-backed officials. …

Russians Behind 'War Crime' Bombing of Mariupol Theatre: Amnesty
2 years, 8 months ago

Russians Behind 'War Crime' Bombing of Mariupol Theatre: Amnesty

News 18  

A theatre sheltering civilians destroyed in March in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol was likely hit by a Russian airstrike in a war crime, Amnesty International said in a report published Thursday. “These explosions were caused by something really big: two 500-kilogramme bombs” dropped from a plane, she added, dismissing Russian claims that the theatre was hit in a …

Besieged city of Sievierodonetsk refuses to surrender to Russian forces, United States to send $1.4 billion in weapons
2 years, 9 months ago

Besieged city of Sievierodonetsk refuses to surrender to Russian forces, United States to send $1.4 billion in weapons

ABC  

Ukraine has ignored a Russian ultimatum to surrender the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, as the United States announces its largest weapons and aid packages for Ukraine. Key points: Ukraine says more than 500 civilians, including 40 children, remain alongside soldiers inside the Azot chemical plant A plan to evacuate civilians from the plant failed on Wednesday, with Russian-backed separatists blaming …

Pictures show scale of devastation at Azovstal steel plant
2 years, 9 months ago

Pictures show scale of devastation at Azovstal steel plant

Daily Mail  

Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday they had have received the bodies of 64 defenders of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol in the latest body swap with Russia - after pictures have emerged of the conditions of the besieged works. The battered ruins of the Azovstal steel works in Mariupol, in eastern Ukraine which was besieged by Russian forces The aerial …

Russia urges Ukrainian fighters in Severodonetsk to lay down arms
2 years, 9 months ago

Russia urges Ukrainian fighters in Severodonetsk to lay down arms

Al Jazeera  

Moscow urges Ukrainian fighters sheltering in Azot plant to ‘lay down their arms’, says it would open humanitarian corridor for civilians on Wednesday. Russia said on Tuesday it would open a humanitarian corridor on Wednesday to allow civilians to leave, and urged Ukrainian fighters to “stop their senseless resistance and lay down their arms” at the same time. “Guided by …

Key eastern Ukrainian city teeters in a battle of ‘simply terrifying’ cost
2 years, 9 months ago

Key eastern Ukrainian city teeters in a battle of ‘simply terrifying’ cost

LA Times  

A Russian soldier walks through the ruined Azovstal steelworks in the southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Monday. Russian forces appeared Tuesday to tighten their chokehold on a strategic eastern city that has become the scene of one of the Ukraine war’s bloodiest battles as fears mounted over the fate of hundreds of civilians trapped in an artillery-pounded industrial …

AP Exclusive: Ukraine recovers bodies from steel-plant siege
2 years, 9 months ago

AP Exclusive: Ukraine recovers bodies from steel-plant siege

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia has begun turning over the bodies of Ukrainian fighters killed at the Azovstal steelworks, the fortress-like plant in the destroyed city of Mariupol where their last-ditch stand became a symbol of resistance against Moscow’s invasion. Meanwhile, Russian forces continued to fight for control of Sievierodonetsk, an eastern Ukrainian city that is key to Moscow’s goal of …

Bodies of Ukrainian defenders of Mariupol handed over to Kyiv
2 years, 9 months ago

Bodies of Ukrainian defenders of Mariupol handed over to Kyiv

Al Jazeera  

Bodies of some Ukrainian fighters who defended Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol handed over to Kyiv, families say. The bodies of some Ukrainian fighters killed defending the city of Mariupol from Russian forces at a vast steelworks have been handed over to Kyiv, the families of Ukraine’s Azov unit of the national guard said. Anna Holovko, a spokeswoman for the …

Civilians reportedly sheltering beneath chemical plant as Russian forces reach centre of Sievierodonetsk
2 years, 9 months ago

Civilians reportedly sheltering beneath chemical plant as Russian forces reach centre of Sievierodonetsk

ABC  

Civilians are reportedly sheltering from Russian shelling under a chemical plant in the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk that authorities fear may still have stocks of dangerous materials. Key points: About 70 per cent of the city of Sievierodonetsk is reportedly under Russian control The Azot chemical plant has "strong Soviet-era" bomb shelters under the factory A new US weapons package …

Ground Zero | Ukraine’s citizens long for peace and stability
2 years, 9 months ago

Ground Zero | Ukraine’s citizens long for peace and stability

The Hindu  

Published : May 30, 2022 06:00 IST Dolphin caretaker and trainer Andrey*, who works at the dolphinarium in the city of Skadovks in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine, talks to us in metaphors. “It’s not that people are scared of the Russian army, they don’t harm anyone, but who knows,” said Liza*. It has been almost three months, how …

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War
2 years, 9 months ago

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

Associated Press  

The Russian Defense Ministry is promising to open a safe corridor to allow foreign ships to leave Black Sea ports. _ KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR: — Scars of war seem to be everywhere in Ukraine after 3 months — Saving the children: War closes in on eastern Ukrainian town — Sweden, Finland delegations go to Turkey for NATO …

Ukraine: 200 bodies found in basement in Mariupol’s ruins
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukraine: 200 bodies found in basement in Mariupol’s ruins

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Workers digging through the rubble of an apartment building in Mariupol found 200 bodies in the basement, Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday, as more horrors come to light in the ruined city that has seen some of the worst suffering of the 3-month-old war. Russian forces have achieved “some localized successes” despite strong Ukrainian resistance along dug-in positions, …

Ukraine Russia war: 200 bodies found in basement in Mariupol's ruins
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukraine Russia war: 200 bodies found in basement in Mariupol's ruins

Firstpost  

Mariupol was relentlessly pounded during a nearly three-month siege that ended last week after some 2,500 Ukrainian fighters abandoned a steel plant where they had made their stand Kyiv: Workers digging through the rubble of an apartment building in Mariupol found 200 bodies in the basement, Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday, as more horrors come to light in the ruined city …

Fears rise for 2,500 Ukrainian POWs from steel plant that Russia labelled neo-Nazis
2 years, 9 months ago

Fears rise for 2,500 Ukrainian POWs from steel plant that Russia labelled neo-Nazis

ABC  

Russia has claimed to have taken prisoner nearly 2,500 Ukrainian fighters from the besieged Mariupol steel plant, and concerns are growing over their fate after a Moscow-backed separatist leader vowed they would face tribunals. Key points: After weeks of battles, Russia says 2,439 Ukrainian fighters surrendered from the steel plant in Mariupol Russian officials and state media are seeking to …

Russian soldier sentenced to life in Ukraine’s first war crimes trial
2 years, 9 months ago

Russian soldier sentenced to life in Ukraine’s first war crimes trial

LA Times  

A captured Russian soldier who pleaded guilty to killing a civilian was sentenced by a Ukrainian court Monday to life in prison — the maximum — amid signs the Kremlin may, in turn, put on trial some of the fighters who surrendered at Mariupol’s steelworks. Meanwhile, in a rare public expression of opposition to the war from the ranks of …

Russia’s claim of Mariupol’s capture fuels concern for POWs
2 years, 9 months ago

Russia’s claim of Mariupol’s capture fuels concern for POWs

Associated Press  

POKROVSK, Ukraine — Concern mounted Saturday over Ukrainian fighters who became prisoners at the end of Russia’s brutal three-month siege of Mariupol, as a Moscow-backed separatist leader vowed they would face tribunals. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov reported Saturday that Russia destroyed a Ukrainian special-operations base near Odesa, Ukraine’s main Black Sea port, as well as a significant cache …

Photos from captured Ukrainian solider show life inside Azovstal steel plant during battle for Mariupol
2 years, 9 months ago

Photos from captured Ukrainian solider show life inside Azovstal steel plant during battle for Mariupol

ABC  

Somewhere inside the grimly defended Mariupol steel plant, where he and his comrades were making their last stand, one Ukrainian soldier was tackling a crossword puzzle. Or to notice the photographer hovering to his right, immortalising the moment inside this last bastion of Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol — the pulverised Azovstal steel mill. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu then reported …

Russia claims complete control over Mariupol after ‘capturing Azovstal steel plant’
2 years, 10 months ago

Russia claims complete control over Mariupol after ‘capturing Azovstal steel plant’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Defence minister Sergei Shoigu reported to president Vladimir Putin …

EXPLAINER: Who were Mariupol’s last defenders?
2 years, 10 months ago

EXPLAINER: Who were Mariupol’s last defenders?

Associated Press  

The Ukrainian forces who made a determined last stand in a Mariupol steel mill against Russian troops were a mixture of seasoned soldiers, border guards, a controversial national guard regiment and volunteers who took up arms in the weeks before Russia’s invasion. Russia’s Defense Ministry said a total of 2,439 Ukrainian fighters from the steelworks had surrendered since Monday, including …

In biggest victory yet, Russia claims to capture Mariupol
2 years, 10 months ago

In biggest victory yet, Russia claims to capture Mariupol

Deccan Chronicle  

POKROVSK, Ukraine: In what would be its biggest victory yet in the war with Ukraine, Russia claimed to have captured Mariupol after a nearly three-month siege that reduced much of the strategic port city to a smoking ruin, with over 20,000 civilians feared dead. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to President Vladimir Putin the “complete liberation” of the Azovstal …

Russia claims to have taken full control of Mariupol
2 years, 10 months ago

Russia claims to have taken full control of Mariupol

India Today  

Russia claimed to have captured Mariupol on Friday in what would be its biggest victory yet in its war with Ukraine, after a nearly three-month siege that reduced much of the strategic port city to a smoking ruin, with over 20,000 civilians feared dead. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to President Vladimir Putin the “complete liberation” of the Azovstal …

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