Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says it will fight for all territory amid fierce battle in east
Kyiv/Druzhkiva, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine will fight to recover all its territory occupied by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday, as his troops struggled to hold their ground in bloody street-to-street fighting in the city of Sievierodonetsk. “We have already lost too many people to simply cede our territory,” Zelenskiy said by video link […]
Siege ends at Ukraine’s Mariupol steelworks, Russia seeks control of Donbas
Kyiv, UkraineReuters The last Ukrainian forces holed up in Mariupol’s smashed Azovstal steelworks surrendered on Friday, Russia’s defence ministry said, ending the most destructive siege of the war as Moscow fought to cement control over the Donbas region. Hours before Russia’s announcement on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the last defenders at the steelworks […]
Ukraine says all women, children now evacuated from Mariupol steel mill
Kyiv, UkraineReuters All women, children and elderly civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday, after a week-long effort rescued hundreds of people during an ongoing Russian assault at the plant. “This part of the Mariupol humanitarian operation is over,” Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk wrote on […]
Civilians trapped in Ukrainian plant; UN says evacuation efforts under way
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine Reuters Scores of Ukrainian civilians including women and children remained trapped on Thursday in a Mariupol steel works that has been rocked by heavy explosions as Russian forces fight for control of Ukraine’s last stronghold in the ruined port city. The United Nations said a new operation was underway to evacuate more people […]
Russia shells Mariupol plant with civilians still reported trapped
Zaporizhzhia, UkraineReuters Russia unleashed rockets on Tuesday on an encircled steel works in Mariupol, Ukraine’s last redoubt in the port city, after a ceasefire broke down with some civilians still trapped beneath the sprawling site despite a UN-brokered evacuation. Scores of evacuees who did manage to leave under United Nations and Red Cross auspices over […]
Civilians evacuated from Ukraine’s Mariupol; US Speaker Pelosi visits Kyiv
Kyiv/Bezimenne, Ukraine Reuters Around 100 Ukrainian civilians were evacuated from the ruined Azovstal steelworks in the city of Mariupol on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, after the United Nations confirmed a “safe passage operation” was in progress there. The strategic port city on the Azov Sea has endured the most destructive siege of the […]
Russia warns “serious” nuclear war risks should not be underestimated
Lviv, Ukraine/Kyiv Reuters Russia told the world not to underestimate the considerable risks of nuclear war that it said it wanted to reduce and warned that conventional Western weapons were legitimate targets in Ukraine, where battles raged in the east. “The risks now are considerable,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Russia’s state television according to […]
Ukraine’s military says Russian forces are trying to storm Azovstal plant
Reuters Russian forces attempted to storm the Ukrainian-held Azovstal steel plant in the besieged south-eastern city of Mariupol on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said, despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s comments last week that the complex did not need to be taken. Ukraine’s armed forces command wrote on Facebook that Russian forces were firing and performing “offensive […]
Russia sets new Mariupol ultimatum in ‘Battle of Donbas’ as West pledges more help
Kyiv/Kharkiv, UkraineReuters Russia was intensifying its attack on Ukraine’s east on Tuesday as it seized a frontline city and sought a decisive victory in Mariupol, prompting Western governments to pledge more arms and sanctions. Thousands of Russian troops backed by artillery and rocket barrages were advancing in what Ukrainian officials called the Battle of the […]