A blast has rocked a public beach in the city of Mariupol, the territorial defense authority of the Donetsk People’s Republic said in a statement on Friday. The explosion reportedly claimed the lives of two civilians, including a child. According to Russian media reports, some witnesses heard a loud blast and …
Read More »Hundreds more surrender in Mariupol – Russia
An additional 771 Ukrainian combatants have surrendered to Russian forces at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Thursday morning. This pushed the total number of captives from the stronghold up to 1,730 since Monday, the report said. Azovstal served …
Read More »Ukrainian troops holed up in Mariupol begin surrendering
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Read More »Kiev lied to keep troops fighting in Mariupol, Ukrainian commander says
Kiev has been telling troops besieged by Russian forces in Mariupol that help was on its way, while making no actual attempts to end the blockade of the city, the commander of Ukraine’s 36th Naval Infantry Brigade has told RT. Colonel Vladimir Baranyuk and his unit were tasked with guarding …
Read More »Ukraine confirms Mariupol evacuation
Some 100 people have left the sprawling Azovstal steel plant in the Black Sea port city of Mariupol and are heading to territory controlled by Ukrainian forces, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed in a Twitter post on Sunday. The plant remains the last pocket of Kiev’s resistance in the city otherwise controlled …
Read More »Ukraine, UN confirm evacuation of civilians from Mariupol’s besieged Azovstal
Some 100 people have left the grounds of the sprawling Azovstal steel plant in the Black Sea port city of Mariupol and are heading to territory controlled by Ukrainian forces, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed in a Twitter post on Sunday. The plant remains the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance in …
Read More »Here’s what I found at the reported ‘mass grave’ near Mariupol
According to recent Western media, Russian forces have buried up to 9,000 Mariupol civilians in “mass graves” in a town just west of the Ukrainian city. These reports use satellite imagery as supposed evidence and repeat the claims of officials loyal to Kiev that “the bodies may have been buried …
Read More »Humanitarian corridor for civilians from Mariupol sabotaged by Kiev – Russia
A new attempt to set up a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians allegedly trapped at the besieged Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol has failed, the Russian military admitted late on Monday. Moscow and Kiev have blamed one another for the evacuation attempt yielding no result. “The Kiev authorities today again …
Read More »Russia opens humanitarian corridor for civilians from Mariupol’s Azovstal plant
Russian and Donbass forces will observe a ceasefire around the besieged Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol starting from 2pm Moscow time on Monday, allowing civilians to evacuate to safety, the Russian Defense Ministry has said. Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev, the head of Russia’s National Defense Management Center, said that armed …
Read More »Ukraine hoping for military victory in Mariupol
It is still possible to rescue Ukrainian fighters trapped in Mariupol, but Kiev will need foreign help to do so, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday. Meanwhile, Russia declared the city to be completely cleared of troops loyal to Kiev, with only a few die-hards left at the Azovstal factory complex. “There is …
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