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The Latest Breaking News from Azovstal

‘Difficult bloody battles’ underway at Mariupol steelworks, Ukrainian commander says

Ukraine’s forces are making ‘superhuman efforts to contain the pressure of the enemy’, a commander said

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war: Human rights groups say children with severe disabilities tied to beds as thousands were abandoned - as it happened

Human rights groups say the Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to thousands of disabled Ukrainian children being abandoned in institutions that can't look after them.

ABC News

Ukraine's Zelenskiy asks U.N. chief for help saving people in Azovstal steel works

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday asked United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for help saving people trapped in the Azovstal steel works in Mariupol, Zelenskiy's office said in a statement.

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Russian troops enter Azovstal plant, top Ukrainian lawmaker says

Russian forces have entered the territory of Mariupol's Azovstal plant, Ukraine's ruling parliamentary faction head David Arakhamia said in a Wednesday evening comment to RFE/RL.

Reuters

Zelensky pleads for help to save people trapped inside Mariupol’s Azovstal plant as battles rage

The commander of Ukrainian forces inside the steelworks has said ‘difficult bloody battles’ were taking place

Evening Standard

Mariupol mayor says heavy fighting under way at Azovstal steel plant

The mayor of Mariupol said there was heavy fighting on Wednesday at the Azovstal steel works where the city's last defenders and some civilians are holding out.

Reuters

Exhausted Azovstal evacuees recount trauma of Mariupol siege

Civilians who spent two months underground endure three-day journey before arriving in Ukraine-controlled Zaporizhzhia.

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EU to unveil Russian oil sanctions as evacuees recall Azovstal horror

Russia continued attacks on east Ukraine as head of British armed forces criticises ‘shocking intelligence failures’ in Putin’s military campaign

The Guardian - AU

Zelenskiy says another 344 people have been rescued in second evacuation from Mariupol – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Ukraine news – live: Russia ramps up air strikes in ‘bid to increase invasion tempo’

‘Putin must pay a high price for his brutal aggression,’ European Commission president says

The Independent UK

‘They bombed every second’: evacuees’ horror weeks in Azovstal steel plant

Surviving in tunnels, cooking over candles and menaced by Russian forces, ‘we thought we wouldn’t get out of there’

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 70 of the invasion

EU plans import ban on all Russian oil as Russia’s defence minister says Ukrainian forces in Azovstal plant are ‘securely blocked’

The Guardian - AU

Russia steps up Azovstal siege as freed civilians reach Zaporizhzhia

Volodymyr Zelenskiy says 156 people managed to escape Mariupol while Red Cross says many are still trapped at steelworks

The Guardian - UK

Russia resumes strikes on Mariupol steel plant as evacuated civilians describe ‘hell’

Ukraine is calling for all of the 200 or so civilians to be rescued from the steel plant

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Reuters

Civilians still trapped in 'hell' after Mariupol evacuation - Red Cross

The head of the Red Cross in Ukraine said on Tuesday that an unknown number of civilians remained trapped in Mariupol and surrounding areas after it evacuated more than 100 civilians from the Azovstal plant.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 69 of the invasion

Evacuees from besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol reach Zaporizhzhia; Russia attacks steel works where 200 people remain trapped

The Independent UK

Mariupol steelworks evacuees head to Ukraine-held city as Russia ‘resumes shelling civilians’

Evacuees described the dire conditions in the Mariupol bunkers, where up to 200 reportedly remain trapped

Reuters

Ukraine fighter says civilians remain trapped in Mariupol steel works

A Ukrainian fighter holed up the city of Mariupol said on Monday that up to 200 civilians remained trapped inside bunkers in the Azovstal steel works after an evacuation operation led by the United Nations to save civilians from the site.

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Ukraine evacuees flee to safety after ordeal in Mariupol steel works

The first evacuees from the ruins of Mariupol's Azovstal steel works were expected to arrive in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia later on Monday after weeks of cowering from Russian shelling in underground bunkers.

Reuters

Russia resumed shelling of steel works after evacuation buses left - mayor's aide

Russia resumed shelling of the Azovstal steel works in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Sunday as soon as buses evacuating civilians from the plant had left, an aide to the city's mayor said on Monday.

Evening Standard

More than 100 civilians rescued from Mariupol steel plant as evacuations continue

Civilians evacuated have been taken to both Russia-controlled and Ukraine-controlled territory

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Odesa hit by Russian rocket strike – as it happened

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Reuters

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

Ukraine said a new attempt was under way on Friday to evacuate scores of civilians trapped in a heavily bombed steel works in the city of Mariupol, after bloody fighting with Russian forces thwarted efforts to bring them to safety the previous day.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 68 of the invasion

Around 100 civilians released from Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he hopes evacuations will continue on Monday

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Germany ‘ready’ to ban Russian oil

Ukraine news from May 2: Economy minister says Berlin could back embargo, as EU energy ministers debate fresh sanctions.

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