The Latest Breaking News from Mariupol

Moment Russia fires thermobaric weapons on steelworks as contact lost with defenders

Russian troops stormed the plant on April 19 and destroyed large areas, however, pockets of organised resistance fighters remain at the plant

Daily Mirror · May 4, 2022

Heavy fighting at Mariupol steel plant where 30 children remain trapped

Convoy of buses left port city on Wednesday, says Donetsk governor

The Independent UK · May 4, 2022

Fierce fighting under way in Mariupol’s Azovstal plant, says Azov commander

Leader of Ukrainian forces says they are engaged in ‘difficult bloody battles’ against Russian troops, as another 344 civilians are evacuated

The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2022

AP evidence points to 600 dead in Mariupol theater airstrike

Amid all the horrors that have unfolded in the war on Ukraine, the Russian airstrike on the theater being used as a bomb shelter in Mariupol on March 16 stands out as the single deadliest known attack against civilians to date

The Independent UK · May 4, 2022

AP evidence points to 600 dead in Mariupol theater airstrike

Amid all the horrors that have unfolded in the war on Ukraine, the Russian airstrike on the theater being used as a bomb shelter in Mariupol on March 16 stands out as the single deadliest known attack against civilians to date

The Independent UK · May 4, 2022

Russian anchor boasts he collected British 'war trophy' weapon on visit to Mariupol

Vladimir Solovyov, known as "Putin’s Voice" and seen wearing body armour, showed what he said was a NLAW - new generation portable anti-tank weapon - to viewers

Daily Mirror · May 4, 2022

Exhausted Azovstal evacuees recount trauma of Mariupol siege

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

Al Jazeera · May 4, 2022

Ukraine intelligence predicts exactly when Russian military invasion will end

According to alleged intelligence leaked from within his own forces, Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" will likely come to an end in September.

Daily Record · May 4, 2022

Ukraine, UN and Red Cross make new effort to evacuate civilians from Mariupol

A convoy of buses left Mariupol on Wednesday in a new attempt by Ukraine, the U.N. and the International Committee of the Red Cross to evacuate civilians from the southern Ukrainian city, the regional governor said.

Reuters · May 4, 2022

Russian Forces Press Ukraine Offensive as EU Weighs Oil Sanctions

Russian forces have launched a major assault on the holdout Azovstal steel plant in the devastated port city of Mariupol while pounding sites across eastern Ukraine, as the European Union moves to punish Moscow with oil sanctions. Three months into the war, Moscow has focused its fresh offensive on Ukraine's…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 4, 2022