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Mariupol’s defences ‘on brink of collapse’, Ukraine official says

Ukraine asks Russia for talks as footage from Azovstal shows women saying they are running out of water and food.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainian children's desperate pleas to 'see the sky' as they shelter in besieged Mariupol

Mariupol has been the focus of Russian aggression in recent weeks, with the Azovstal steel factory now the only area not under the control of invaders

Daily Mirror

Women and children beg for help in video from besieged Mariupol steel factory

Food and water running out in Azovstal stronghold as Ukraine says mass graves seen on satellite near city could hold 9,000 civilian dead

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Russia attacks Mariupol steel plant days after Putin ordered troops not to storm it, says Ukraine

Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians are sheltering in the besieged Azovstal steelworks

The Independent UK

Ukraine: Russians Try to Storm Mariupol Plant, Strike Odesa

Russian forces in Ukraine tried to storm a steel plant housing soldiers and civilians in the southern city of Mariupol on Saturday while attempting to crush the last corner of resistance in a place of deep symbolic and strategic value to Moscow, Ukrainian officials said. The reported assault on the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia resumes attack on Mariupol’s Azovstal plant, according to Zelensky aide, as video ‘shows children sheltering inside’

A video has been released by the Azov regiment of Ukraine’s National Guard, some of whom are holed up in the Azovstal plant, showing women and children sheltering underground

Evening Standard

Russia has resumed offensive against Ukrainian forces in Mariupol's Azovstal -Ukrainian official

Russian forces have resumed air strikes on and are trying to storm the Azovstal steel works where Ukraine's remaining forces in Mariupol are holding out, Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said on Saturday.

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Ukraine war: Mariupol fighters holding out after Putin orders blockade of Azovstal steel plant

Russia reluctant to storm Ukrainian stronghold over fears of ‘significant casualties’, say western analysts

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Russia claims one sailor died in sinking of Black Sea warship

Report also claimed 27 were missing

The Independent UK

New satellite images reveal ‘mass graves’ near Mariupol as Russia ‘attempts to storm’ steel plant

Russian troops buried civilians in mass graves to cover up their own ‘military crimes,’ mayor says

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Why the battle for Mariupol's steel mill matters

Russian President Vladimir Putin is claiming control over Ukraine’s seaside city of Mariupol even as its defenders are holding out inside a massive steel mill near the water

The Independent UK

Russia claims Mariupol 'liberated' as US rushes new aid for Ukraine

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday claimed the "liberation" of the flattened city of Mariupol after nearly two months of fighting, demanding its trapped Ukrainian defenders be sealed up in their underground last stand.

AFP

Russia says Mariupol ‘liberated’, apart from Azovstal steel plant

President Putin instructs Russian forces to blockade steelworks where remaining fighters and civilians are holed up.

Al Jazeera

Vladimir Putin orders Russian troops to block Azovstal plant in Mariupol so 'not even a fly can escape'

Several thousand Ukrainian soldiers - and around 1,000 civilians - are said to be sheltering in the Ukrainian city's huge steel plant

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Putin calls off storming of Mariupol plant

Russian troops have been ordered to seal all exits from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, with Vladimir Putin saying storming the facility is “unnecessary”.

Bangkok Post

Putin hails 'liberation' of Mariupol, cancels plans to storm steel plant

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered the Russian military to cancel plans to storm the Azovstal plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and said he wanted it to continue to be hermetically blockaded instead.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Cancels Russian Plans to Storm Mariupol Steel Plant, Opts for Blockade Instead

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered the Russian military to cancel plans to storm the Azovstal plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and said he wanted it to continue to be hermetically blockaded instead. Putin gave the order to Sergei Shoigu, his defense minister, who had previously…

Reuters

Putin cancels Russian plans to storm Mariupol steel plant, opts for blockade instead

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Chechen chief Kadyrov: Russia forces will control Mariupol steelworks Thursday -Interfax

Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Russia's republic of Chechnya, said Russian forces would be in complete control of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol on Thursday.

Al Jazeera

Timeline: Week eight of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Al Jazeera recaps key events during week eight of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Mariupol evacuation corridor did not work as planned -Ukraine's deputy PM

Ukraine's deputy prime minister said on Wednesday that an agreed humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol had not worked as planned, blaming Russian forces for not holding their ceasefire.

Reuters

Russia proposes Ukrainian troops at Azovstal to lay down weapons on Wednesday

Russia's defence ministry issued a new proposal to Ukrainian troops holed up in the Azovstal steel plant to lay down their weapons on Wednesday, adding that not a single Ukrainian soldier had accepted that same offer on Tuesday.

Al Jazeera

New ultimatum for Ukrainian forces in Mariupol’s Azovstal plant

Russia says it opened corridor for Ukrainian forces to leave steel plant in key southeastern Ukrainian city.

Crikey

Russia’s Azovstal ultimatum: submit or die

Ukrainian fighters at the Azovstal steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol have been given an ultimatum from Russian forces to leave the site unarmed.

ABC News

The last remaining Ukrainian soldiers in Mariupol are holding out in the Azovstal steelworks. Here's what we know

The last remnants of the Ukrainian forces defending the south-eastern port city of Mariupol, and about 1,000 civilians, are reportedly holding out in underground shelters beneath the vast Azovstal steel plant, which has been likened to a "fortress".

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