Mariupol
'Nothing left': Mariupol picks up pieces after ferocious fighting
The carcasses of charred buildings stand amid the lush greenery in what remains of the once bustling Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.
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Ukraine orders end to defence of Mariupol
Russia's flattening of the strategic port city has drawn multiple accusations of war crimes, including a deadly attack on a maternity ward, and Ukraine has begun a reckoning for captured Russian troops.
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Russia says 265 Ukraine troops surrendered at Azovstal
The ministry added that those in need of medical care were transferred to a hospital in the town of Novoazovsk.
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Ukraine to evacuate more civilians from besieged Mariupol
The sprawling Azovstal plant is the last holdout of Ukrainian forces in the strategic southern port city, which has been besieged by Russian forces since they invaded Ukraine on February 24.
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Ukraine to evacuate more civilians from besieged Mariupol
The plant has endured a Russian blockade since Moscow's invasion on 24 February, with stories of the harsh conditions in besieged Mariupol horrifying the world as a war which has seen thousands killed and millions displaced entered its third month.
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Mariupol 'continues to resist', Ukrainian president says
Russia says it has "liberated" the city, with just a few thousand Ukrainian soldiers left in the Azovstal plant complex, where thousands more civilians are also believed to have taken refuge.
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Marine in besieged Mariupol says 'maybe facing our last days, if not hours'
"The enemy is outnumbering us 10 to one," Serhiy Volyna from the 36th Separate Marine Brigade said, sheltering at the besieged Azovstal factory, a vast plant with underground tunnels where Ukrainian defenders are pinned down by Russian fighters.
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Ukraine shows video of detained Putin ally calling for Mariupol swap
Mariupol has become a symbol of Ukraine's unexpectedly fierce resistance since Russian troops invaded the former Soviet state and pro-democratic country on February 24.
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War in Ukraine: Latest developments
Ukraine's government says it is sending 45 buses to evacuate civilians from the besieged city of Mariupol, where Russia has declared a local ceasefire.
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Kyiv sends 45 buses to evacuate civilians from Mariupol
The strategic southern port city has been encircled and shelled by Russian forces since the end of February.
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Fury at 'barbaric' attack on Ukraine children's hospital
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 35,000 civilians had managed to flee cities under Russian attack on Wednesday, but there was little relief in Mariupol where the mayor said relentless bombardment had killed over 1,200 civilians in the nine-day siege.
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Maternity hospital in Ukraine city of Mariupol demolished amid Russian invasion
The city's municipality accuses Russian forces of attacking it.
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Ukraine rejects Russian humanitarian corridors offer
The Russian proposal of safe passage for people from Kharkiv, Kyiv, Mariupol and Sumy came after terrified Ukrainian civilians came under fire in previous failed ceasefire attempts.
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Ukrainian port city evacuation bid again fails as civilian toll grows
New shelling and attacks have sent soaring numbers of refugees fleeing, sometimes under fire, as the death toll mounts.
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Putin blames Kyiv for failed Mariupol evacuations
Putin "drew attention to the fact that Kyiv still does not fulfil agreements reached on this acute humanitarian issue," the Kremlin said in a statement, after two agreements to evacuate Mariupol in south-eastern Ukraine fell through following allegations of ceasefire breaches.
