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Ukraine hopes to swap steel mill fighters for Russian POWs

Ukrainian fighters extracted from the last bastion of resistance in Mariupol were taken to a former penal colony in enemy-controlled territory, and a top military official hoped they could be exchanged for Russian prisoners of war

The Independent UK

Biden: US will work with Finland and Sweden in event of ‘aggression’ – as it happened

US president pledges support for Finland and Sweden while Nato applications are considered; Russian soldier in war crimes trial pleads guilty

The Guardian - AU

Russia says more Ukraine fighters surrender in Mariupol; U.S. reopens Kyiv embassy

Russia said on Wednesday nearly 700 more Ukrainian fighters had surrendered in Mariupol, while the United States became the latest Western country to reopen its Kyiv embassy after a three-month closure.

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Ukraine relinquishes Mariupol as Russia attacks both east and west

LVIV, Ukraine — With full control of the beleaguered port city of Mariupol in hand, Russian forces kept up their assault Tuesday on eastern Ukraine, now the focus of a grinding conflict that bears the hallmarks of a grim war of attrition.

Los Angeles Times

The battle of Mariupol: How it played out and what it looked like

Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters have surrendered at Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks, bringing an end to the most devastating siege of Russia's war in Ukraine. Here's how the fight for Mariupol played out from the beginning.

ABC News

Ukraine relinquishes Mariupol as Russia attacks both east and west

Los Angeles Times

Will the fall of Mariupol change the course of Ukraine war?

WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin declared his forces had conquered the strategic Ukrainian port of Mariupol a month ago. Only now, however, does that seem to be true.

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Ruined Mariupol now forever etched in Ukraine's history

The capture of the ruined seaside city of Mariupol is a key Russian objective

The Independent UK

Putin takes Mariupol, but wider Donbas victory slipping from reach

Even as the Kremlin prepares to take full control of the ruins of Mariupol city, it faces the growing prospect of defeat in its bid to conquer all of Ukraine's eastern Donbas because its badly mauled forces lack the manpower for significant advances.

Reuters

Russia 'could swap Ukrainian steel plant siege heroes with imprisoned officers'

Even as hundreds of soldiers evacuated their Mariupol bunker, Russian forces continued to pound Ukraine with missiles, killing ten civilians and injuring three in a strike on Chernihiv

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin has killed more in Ukrainian city than Hitler did during WW2, mayor says

In the besieged port of Mariupol, Vladimir Putin has killed twice as many people as Adolf Hitler during World War 2 but "he will not stop at Ukraine", says the city's mayor

Daily Mirror

Ukraine ends "combat mission" at Mariupol steel plant

Over 50 of the soldiers evacuated were "seriously wounded," Ukraine's military said.

Axios

Ukraine Working to Pull Last Fighters from Mariupol Mill

Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters defending the last holdout in Mariupol were evacuated to areas controlled by Russian-backed separatists and officials worked Tuesday to get the rest out, signaling the beginning of the end of a siege that became a symbol of Ukrainian resistance. Russia called the operation a mass surrender.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mariupol defiance changed course of war - Ukrainian presidential adviser

The defenders of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol changed the course of the war with Russia by holding out for 82 days, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said on Tuesday.

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Factbox-Last defenders of Mariupol: what is Ukraine's Azov Regiment?

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks poised to take full control of Ukraine's southeastern port city of Mariupol after the apparent surrender of the last Ukrainian forces holed up at a vast steel works.

Reuters

Ukraine working on 'further stages' of Azovstal evacuation - deputy PM

Ukraine is working on "further stages" of the evacuation of fighters defending the Azovstal steel plant in the southern city of Mariupol, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Hundreds of Ukrainians defending Azovstal plant surrender to uncertain fate

Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters surrendered to an uncertain fate on Tuesday after weeks holed up in the bunkers and tunnels below Mariupol's Azovstal steel works as the most devastating siege of Russia's war in Ukraine drew to a close.

Daily Mirror

Russian tank destroyed as bungling drivers ignore wreckage to drive through minefield

A 13-second clip is claimed to show two BMP-2 IFV tanks put out of action during Vladimir Putin's assault on Donbas, as Ukraine claims Russian forces have lost more than 2,200 tanks since the invasion started

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Radio France Internationale

Ukraine troops evacuated from Azovstal steelworks as Russia takes control

Ukraine's military says it is working to evacuate all remaining troops from their last stronghold in the besieged port of Mariupol, ceding control of the city to Russia after months of bombardment.

Evening Standard

Ukrainian fighters evacuated from besieged Mariupol steel plant

Ukraine’s defence ministry says 264 fighters have left the Azovstal steel plant and been taken to areas held by Russian-backed rebels

Bangkok Post

Ukraine update: Rescue mission under way at Azovstal

KYIV, Ukraine: Ukrainian authorities said a rescue mission to extract the last defenders of the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol was under way on Tuesday, after hundreds of soldiers were evacuated in an earlier operation.

The Independent UK

Ukraine mounts effort to rescue last fighters at steel mill

Ukrainian officials say the fighters who have doggedly defended a steel plant in the ruined city of Mariupol have completed their mission, and efforts are underway to rescue the last of those defenders who remain inside

The Guardian - UK

Questions over future of evacuated Azovstal fighters – as it happened

Duma appears to be trying to keep Azov battalion fighters out of prisoner swap deal; Ukraine blames Russia’s ‘stereotypical mindset’ for stop in talks

France 24

Russia says hundreds of Ukrainians surrender at Azovstal as Kyiv urges swap

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the gala opening ceremony of the 75th Cannes Film Festival as a surprise guest by video link from Kyiv, asking for the cinema world's solidarity with his people in the face of the Russian invasion. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog for all the latest developments. All…

Los Angeles Times

Ending weeks of standoff, Russia takes key port but sees setbacks elsewhere

LVIV, Ukraine — After weeks of Russian bombardment, a band of Ukrainian soldiers fighting from a battered Mariupol steel plant ended combat operations on Monday, giving Moscow full control of a strategic port city that has been turned into a ruin of empty buildings and mass graves.

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