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 […]
Mariupol mayor says lives of city’s trapped residents are in Putin’s hands
Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin alone can decide the fate of the 100,000 civilians still trapped in Ukraine’s war-torn Mariupol, Mayor Vadym Boichenko told Reuters on Thursday, saying that satellite images of a mass grave site were proof Russians were burying bodies to try to hide the death toll. Earlier Putin claimed victory in the […]
Thousands of civilians in Mariupol may have died in past month – UN tells Reuters
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Thousands of civilians may have died in the besieged port city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine since bombing began four weeks ago, the head of the UN human rights mission told Reuters on Tuesday, providing its first estimate. Nearly 5,000 people, including about 210 children, have been killed in Mariupol since Russian forces […]