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Ukraine largely fends off Russian attacks in the east, says Mariupol remains contested

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russian and Ukrainian troops faced off Saturday along a 300-mile battlefront in the country’s east, where the Ukrainian military said its forces had beaten back more than half a dozen separate attacks. But punishing shellfire forced defenders to regroup in some areas.

Los Angeles Times

In Mariupol, Putin now rules a wasteland pitted with mass graves

The inevitable end to the brutal siege shows Russia’s logistical strengths – but also why invasion is ultimately so futile

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine accuses Russia of thwarting new evacuation push from Mariupol

A new attempt to evacuate Ukrainian civilians from war-torn Mariupol failed on Saturday, an aide to the city's mayor said on his Telegram channel, blaming Russian forces.

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

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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.

Reuters

Ukrainian Counterattacks Slowing Russian Offensive in East

Russian troops are pressing their offensive in the eastern Donbas region in an attempt to fully seize Ukraine's industrial heartland but have made little headway as fierce Ukrainian counterattacks have slowed their efforts, Ukrainian and British officials said Saturday. Russia continues to fight for full control of the Donetsk and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Satellite images appear to show second mass grave near Mariupol

The city council posted a satellite photo showing what it said was a mass grave stretching 45 metres by 25 metres

Evening Standard

Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters third month

Russia heads into the third month of its invasion of Ukraine on Sunday with no end in sight to fighting that has killed thousands, uprooted millions and reduced cities to rubble.

Reuters

Hopes fade for truce over Orthodox Easter as Russian campaign continues

Hopes for a weekend truce in Ukraine to celebrate the Orthodox Easter faded with talks between Moscow and Kyiv stalled as Russia said it aimed to take full control over the east and south of its neighbour.

Radio France Internationale

Russia has made ‘no major gains’ in past 24 hours as Ukraine counterattacks, says UK

Russian air and maritime forces have failed to establish control and heavy fighting is continuing in Mariupol, the MoD said

Evening Standard

Zelenskiy says peace talks will be suspended if Mariupol defenders killed – as it happened

Ukraine’s ministry of defence says its forces carried out an attack on a Russian command near Kherson

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The Independent UK

Live updates | Ukraine: Russian offensive continues in east

The Ukraine military’s general staff says that Russian forces continue their “offensive operations” in eastern Ukraine with the goal of defeating Ukrainian forces, establishing full control over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and securing a land route between these territories and the occupied Crimea

The Guardian - AU

Zelenskiy warns Ukraine invasion only the beginning as Russia signals southern push

President’s warning comes after Russian military chief said forces want to seize southern Ukraine, in a move that could give access to Moldova

France 24

Several killed in Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s Odesa

A Russian missile strike has killed eight people and wounded 18 others in Ukraine's Black Sea city of Odesa on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Read our live blog below to see how the day's events unfolded. All times in Paris time (GMT+2).

The Independent UK

Russia shifts forces for battle over Ukrainian heartland

Russia and Ukraine are hurtling toward what could be an epic battle for control of the country’s industrial heartland

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The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 59 of the invasion

Zelenskiy warns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine just the ‘beginning’ as the Kremlin will push to capture other countries

Axios

Satellite images reveal another mass grave site near Mariupol

Previous satellite imagery showed the construction of mass grave sites in Bucha and Manhush.

Reuters

Russia renews Mariupol attack, missiles hit Odesa, Ukraine says

Russia resumed its assault on the last Ukrainian defenders holed up in a giant steel works in Mariupol on Saturday, days after Moscow declared victory in the southern city and said its forces did not need to take the plant.

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine citizens trapped as Russia attacks hospitals, schools and refuses evacuations

LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine — The mayor of Mariupol pleaded Friday for a “full evacuation” of the shattered southern Ukrainian port city as Russia reported striking dozens of military targets in the sprawling eastern battle zone overnight.

Reuters

Ukraine official: humanitarian corridor out of Mariupol might be opened Sat

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk on Friday said "there is a possibility" a humanitarian corridor out of the besieged port city of Mariupol could be opened up on Saturday.

Los Angeles Times

Mariupol mayor pleads for civilian evacuation after Russian victory claim

LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine — The mayor of Mariupol pleaded Friday for a “full evacuation” of the shattered southern Ukrainian port city that Russia now claims to control, as Moscow said it struck dozens of military targets in the sprawling eastern battle zone overnight.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: catch up on this week’s must-read news and analysis

Russia begins long-awaited push to seize eastern Ukraine … fight to the death in Mariupol … and the cost of war in Russia

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