Russia has announced a three-day ceasefire in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol to allow the evacuation of civilians from a steel plant in the city.
Read More »Contact lost with troops amid ‘heavy fighting’ at Azovstal: Mayor
The mayor of the destroyed Ukrainian city of Mariupol said Wednesday that contact was lost with Ukrainian forces holed up in the Azovstal steel plant amid fierce battles with Russian troops.
Read More »EU eyes Russian oil import ban as Moscow strikes western Ukraine
The European Commission proposed a gradual ban on Russian oil imports Wednesday to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, as Russian forces pounded sites to the east of the country and hit targets in the far west near the EU border.
Read More »Russian forces pummel Ukrainian fighters holed up in Mariupol steel plant – mayoral aide
Russian forces were on Wednesday pounding a huge steelworks in Mariupol where the southern Ukrainian city’s last defenders are holed up, a local official said. Petro Andryushchenko, an aide to the city mayor, said there had been no let-up in airstrikes on the Azovstal plant despite Russian President Vladimir Putin …
Read More »Some 1,000 of Ukraine marines surrender in Mariupol, says Russia
More than 1,000 Ukrainian marines have surrendered in the port of Mariupol, Russia’s defence ministry said on Wednesday of its main strategic target in the eastern Donbas region, which has been reduced to ruins but not yet under Russian control. If the Russians take the Azovstal industrial district, where the …
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