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Russia-Ukraine latest news: Women, children out of Mariupol plant

Latest Ukraine news from May 7: All women, children and elderly evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel mill.

Al Jazeera

Russian envoy says Reuters 'censored' Mariupol evacuee's comments

A Russian envoy to the United Nations accused Reuters on Friday of "censoring" comments made by a survivor of Russia's bombardment of the giant Mariupol steelworks in Ukraine, saying its news report omitted a remark critical of Ukrainian forces.

Reuters

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Evacuees share horror of months in Avozstal steelworks bunker; why Putin’s shift to the east could lengthen the war; and tattoos of Ukraine resistance

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New bid to rescue Mariupol civilians as Russia tries to complete takeover of port city

KYIV, Ukraine — A furious bid was underway Friday to rescue hundreds of civilians still trapped in the besieged Azovstal steel plant, where Ukrainian soldiers sheltering in a maze of underground tunnels have prevented Russian forces from fully capturing the strategic port city of Mariupol.

Los Angeles Times

Zelenskiy invites Germany’s Scholz to visit Ukraine on Russia’s Victory Day

President says visit on 9 May, when German leaders have often travelled to Moscow, would make powerful statement

The Guardian - UK

Second bus with 13 civilians leaves besieged Azovstal plant in Mariupol - RIA

A second bus, carrying 13 civilians including one child, on Friday left the Azovstal complex in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which is besieged by Russian forces, the Russian state news agency RIA reported on Friday, citing its correspondent on site.

Reuters

50 more civilians rescued from besieged steel plant in Mariupol

‘Women, children and elderly people’ evacuated from Azovstal plant amid claims Russia violated a ceasefire.

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How ‘Babushka Z’ became the unlikely icon of Russian propaganda

Russian soldiers occupying Mariupol unveiled a strange statue in the embattled Ukrainian city on Thursday. The statue, of a Ukrainian peasant woman holding a Soviet flag, is of “Babushka Z” – who appeared in a video recorded by Ukrainian soldiers and has now become the unlikely latest icon of Russian…

France 24

Bus with 12 civilians leaves besieged Azovstal plant in Mariupol - RIA

Twelve civilians, including children, have been evacuated by bus from the Azovstal complex in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which is besieged by Russian forces, the Russian state news agency RIA reported on Friday, citing its correspondent on site.

Reuters

'We're so sorry': Mariupol plant evacuees feel relief, grief

More than 100 civilians have finally emerged from the bombarded Azovstal steel plant, the last Ukrainian holdout in the ruined city of Mariupol

The Independent UK

New bid to rescue Mariupol civilians as Russia tries to complete takeover

Los Angeles Times

Wives of Mariupol soldiers dispersed by police at Kyiv protest

Conscription notices given to male protesters demanding evacuation as 50 people defy ban

The Guardian - UK

Mariupol authorities say Russia violates ceasefire during evacuation operation

Local authorities in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol accused Russian forces on Friday of opening fire on a car on its way to evacuate civilians from a vast steel works, killing a fighter and violating a ceasefire agreement.

Reuters

Russia ‘plans Victory Day celebrations’ in Mariupol as fighting in city continues

Signs of Ukrainian control are being removed ahead of Monday’s national celebrations

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Reuters

Kremlin says time for celebrating Victory Day in Mariupol will come

The Kremlin said on Friday it did not know whether there would be a parade in Mariupol on May 9 to commemorate the Soviet Union's victory in World War Two, but that the time for celebrating Victory Day there would come.

The Independent UK

Russia ‘stealing grain’ in Ukraine sparks fears of ‘famine and deepening food crisis’

‘Chechen soldiers, fighting for Russia, act like criminals in the 1990s,’ says mayor of Melitopol

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: UN plans third evacuation from Azovstal steelworks in Ukraine

As a large-scale Russian propaganda campaign gets under way, fighting continues in the steel plant in Mariupol. Plus, Karine Jean-Pierre named new US press secretary

Reuters

Ukraine asks Medecins Sans Frontieres to help evacuate Azovstal fighters

Ukraine has appealed to Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) to help evacuate fighters holed up in the vast Azovstal steel works in Mariupol that is surrounded by Russian forces.

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Evening Standard

Russia renews assault on Azovstal plant in Mariupol, UK says

The attack comes despite claims from Russia that they would only seek to seal off the besieged plant

Reuters

Ukraine says new effort to evacuate civilians from Mariupol steel works under way

A senior Ukrainian official said on Friday a new attempt was under way "at the moment" to evacuate civilians trapped with Ukrainian fighters in the Azovstal steel works in the southern city of Mariupol.

The Independent UK

Live updates | UK: Russia aims to take Mariupol before V-Day

The British military believes Russia wants to take the port city of Mariupol and its vast steel mill before its marks Victory Day on Monday

WEKU

Inside the Azovstal factory: Ukrainians 'only hope for a miracle'

The close-quarter battle inside the Azovstal factory the last Ukrainian stronghold of the strategic port city

The Guardian - AU

UN plans third evacuation from Azovstal steelworks as battle continues to rage

Ukraine says Russian bombing has destroyed or damaged 400 hospitals and medical centres; Moscow rushes to declare victory in Mariupol

Daily Mirror

Russian troops threaten to murder women's husbands and send them their heads in a box

The twisted taunts were directed at women who were fleeing the Azovstal steel factory in the city of Mariupol where Ukrainian soldiers, civilians and children remain trapped

The Guardian - AU

Evacuation operations continue from Mariupol with 40 civilians rescued on Friday – as it happened

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