Postcards: Residents of captured Ukrainian port city try to survive among its ruins
Reuters speaks with residents of Mariupol about life in the city, two months after it was captured by Russia…
Updated: Ukraine pleads for more weapons, cholera spreads in Mariupol
Updated: 12:50pm (AEST)Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine pleaded to Western countries for faster deliveries of weapons as better-armed Russian forces pounded the east of the country, and for humanitarian support to combat growing outbreaks of deadly diseases. In Sievierodonetsk, the small city that has become the focus of Russia’s advance in eastern Ukraine and one of […]
Life in Ukraine’s post-siege Mariupol: barter markets and Russian TV
Reuters People are slowly starting to return to the streets of the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, pummeled by weeks of shelling from Russian forces and now fully under Russian control. On Monday, local residents charged electric devices from generators and exchanged food and clothes at impromptu street markets, while at an empty bus station […]
Ukraine urges more world pressure, says it repels Russian attack on eastern city
Kyiv/Mariupol, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told global business leaders on Monday the world must increase sanctions against Russia to deter other countries from using “brute force” to achieve their aims. Zelenskiy spoke via video link to the World Economic Forum in Davos as the Ukrainian military claimed to have held off a Russian […]
Ukraine rejects concessions as Russians attack in east and south
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or any territorial concessions to Moscow as Russia stepped up its attack in the eastern and southern parts of the country, pounding the Donbas and Mykolaiv regions with air strikes and artillery fire. Kyiv’s stance has become increasingly uncompromising in recent weeks as Russia experienced military setbacks while […]
Russia intensifies push for Donbas, halts gas to Finland
Kyiv, Ukraine/Oslo, Norway Reuters Russia intensified an offensive in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine on Saturday and stopped providing gas to Finland, escalating Moscow’s dispute with the West over energy payments. After ending weeks of resistance by the last Ukrainian fighters in the strategic south-eastern city of Mariupol, Russia is waging what appears to […]
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 […]
Russia says more Ukraine fighters surrender in Mariupol; US reopens Kyiv embassy
Kyiv/Mariupol, Ukraine Reuters Russia said on Wednesday nearly 700 more Ukrainian fighters had surrendered in Mariupol, while the United States became the latest Western country to reopen its Kyiv embassy after a three-month closure. More than a day after Ukraine announced it had ordered its garrison in Mariupol to stand down, the ultimate outcome of […]
Hundreds of Ukrainians defending Azovstal plant surrender to uncertain fate
Mariupol, Ukraine Reuters Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters surrendered to an uncertain fate on Tuesday after weeks holed up in the bunkers and tunnels below Mariupol’s Azovstal steel works as the most devastating siege of Russia’s war in Ukraine drew to a close. Russian forces pummelled Mariupol, a major port on the Sea of Azov between […]
Ukrainian force begins evacuating from last Mariupol stronghold
Kyiv/Mariupol, UkraineReuters Troops holed up in the last Ukrainian stronghold in the besieged port of Mariupol began evacuating on Monday, appearing to cede control of the once prosperous city to Russia after months of bombardment. Ukraine’s deputy defence minister said 53 injured troops from the Azovstal steelworks were taken to a hospital in the Russian-controlled […]