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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.

Los Angeles Times

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

The Guardian - AU

Inside the Azovstal steelworks exists Mariupol's last pocket of resistance against Russia

The sprawling Azovstal steelworks has become the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the southern port city of Mariupol. Kateryna Kitrish used to work there.

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Russia plans to seize entire south coast of Ukraine to get gateway into breakaway region

Vladimir Putin is said to be focused on taking total control of the Donbas region. Ukraine fears Russian troops in Transnistria - believed to number around 1,300 - could open another front in the war

Daily Mirror

Russia Says Ukrainian Fighters ‘Securely Blockaded’ at Mariupol Steel Plant

Russia's defense ministry said on Friday that Ukrainian fighters and foreign mercenaries had been "securely blockaded" at the Azovstal steel plant where they have been holding out in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. President Vladimir Putin had ordered his defense minister on Thursday to block off the vast Azovstal complex…

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Russia says Ukrainian fighters 'securely blockaded' at Mariupol steel plant

Russia's defence ministry said on Friday that Ukrainian fighters and foreign mercenaries had been "securely blockaded" at the Azovstal steel plant where they have been holding out in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.

Reuters

Fears for hundreds of civilians trapped in Mariupol steel plant

Up to 1,000 people could be holed up in Azovstal factory with group of outgunned Ukrainian fighters

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Is Putin closer than ever to a nuclear war? Worrying updates out of Russia as Ukraine crisis continues

The Russian president bragged that the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile would provide "food for thought" for anyone thinking of threatening Moscow

Irish Mirror

Ukraine war: Mariupol fighters holding out after Putin orders blockade of Azovstal steel plant

Russia reluctant to storm Ukrainian stronghold over fears of ‘significant casualties’, say western analysts

The Independent UK

Ukraine war: Satellite images appear to show mass graves near Mariupol

The images appear to show up to 200 graves in the town of Manhush near Mariupol

Evening Standard

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

Britain’s defense ministry says Russia’s decision to stop trying to take a staunchly defended steel plant in Mariupol is an effort to free up troops for deployment in other parts of eastern Ukraine

The Independent UK

Mayor appeals for 'full evacuation' of Mariupol

The mayor of Mariupol made a new appeal on Friday for the "full evacuation" of the southern Ukrainian city which President Vladimir Putin says is now controlled by Russian forces.

Reuters

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin were to visit Kyiv on Sunday to discuss Ukraine's request for more powerful weapons after two months of combat with invading Russian forces. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced the visit.

Reuters

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says Russia rejected Easter truce

Orthodox Christians, the largest religious group in Russia and Ukraine, celebrate Easter on Sunday.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Possible Mass Graves Near Mariupol Shown in Satellite Images

New satellite images show what appear to be mass graves near Mariupol, and local officials accused Russia of burying up to 9,000 Ukrainian civilians there in an effort to conceal the slaughter taking place in the siege of the port city. The images emerged Thursday, just hours after Russian President…

Reuters

Britain says Russia blockaded Azovstal plant to contain Ukraine resistance

Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to blockade the Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine likely indicates a desire to contain resistance in Mariupol, a British military update said on Friday.

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Ukraine latest: Russia's second phase aims for full control of Ukraine's south and corridor to Moldova, commander says

A deputy commander says Russia plans to take full control of Donbas and southern Ukraine, improving access to Moldova and a pro-Russian breakaway region Kyiv fears could be used to launch fresh attacks.

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war latest: UN secretary general set to meet Putin and Zelenskiy – as it happened

Invasion of Ukraine ‘intended only as a beginning’, president says, as Moldova summons Russian ambassador over military commander’s comments on breakaway region

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Russia Pushes Offensive, Collects Corpses in ‘Liberated’ Mariupol

Russia pressed its new offensive in eastern Ukraine on Friday while in the port city of Mariupol, teams of volunteers collected corpses from the ruins after Moscow declared victory there despite Ukrainian forces holding out. Ukraine's general staff said Russian forces had increased attacks along the whole frontline in the…

The Guardian - AU

Russia plans to hold sham independence vote in southern Ukraine, Zelenskiy says

Ukraine president warns citizens against handing over personal information, as satellite images of mass graves emerge near Mariupol

Evening Standard

Met’s war crimes unit receives evidence of 50 ‘horrendous’ atrocities by Putin’s troops in Ukraine

Detectives say the material points to potential war crimes including killings in Mariupol and Bucha

France 24

Mariupol holds out while EU calls for the opening of humanitarian corridors

In Mariupol, a strategic city located on the sea of Azov under siege by the Russian army, satellite images have raised fears of massive civilian massacres, even greater than in the ones found in Bucha, where the UN has "documented the killing of 50 civilians". For its part, the EU…

The Independent UK

Possible mass graves near Mariupol shown in satellite images

New satellite images show what appear to be mass graves near Mariupol in southern Ukraine

The Independent UK

From Ukraine to Russia: Boy safer, but not closer to US dad

An American father is relieved to learn his 2-year-old son has safely made it out of the besieged Ukrainian coastal city of Mariupol

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Russia claims one sailor died in sinking of Black Sea warship

Report also claimed 27 were missing

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