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The Latest Breaking News from Mariupol

What is happening in Mariupol, what it means for the war and why it is so important to Russia

The scenes in Mariupol are heartbreaking and devastating — this is what you need to know

Wales Online

First Thing: Putin orders blockade of Mariupol steelworks

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The Guardian - UK

Mariupol heroes defy Vladimir Putin’s forces in Ukraine

Russians ‘call off’ bid to seize stronghold after astonishing show of resistance

Evening Standard

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Russia says Mariupol ‘liberated’, apart from Azovstal steel plant

President Putin instructs Russian forces to blockade steelworks where remaining fighters and civilians are holed up.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainian Holocaust survivor, 91, dies during Mariupol siege

Vanda Semyonovna Obiedkova died sheltering in freezing basement on 4 April, says daughter

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

Ukrainian fighters were clinging to their last redoubt in Mariupol after Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the biggest battle of the war, declaring the port city "liberated" following weeks of relentless bombardment.

Reuters

Vladimir Putin orders Russian troops to block Azovstal plant in Mariupol so 'not even a fly can escape'

Several thousand Ukrainian soldiers - and around 1,000 civilians - are said to be sheltering in the Ukrainian city's huge steel plant

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Putin orders blockade of Mariupol steelworks ‘so a fly can’t get through’

Russian president tells forces that storming last Ukrainian stronghold in port city would be ‘impractical’

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine deputy PM demands Russia let civilians and wounded soldiers leave Azovstal

Ukraine's deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk on Thursday demanded Russia urgently allow the evacuation of civilians and wounded soldiers from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol via a humanitarian corridor.

Reuters

Ukraine news - live: Russia ‘attempts to storm’ Mariupol plant as mass graves found

Putin said he called off attack on Azovstal hours earlier

The Independent UK

Putin hails 'liberation' of Mariupol, cancels plans to storm steel plant

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered the Russian military to cancel plans to storm the Azovstal plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and said he wanted it to continue to be hermetically blockaded instead.

Bangkok Post

Aiden Aslin: A timeline on Newark man captured in Ukraine

He is now a prisoner of war

Nottingham Post

Ukraine negotiators ready to go to Mariupol to ‘save our guys’

The strategic port city has been taken over by Russian forces, except for a small pocket of resistance.

Al Jazeera

Russia says Mariupol city has fallen with 2,000 fighters surrounded in factory

Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu has told Vladimir Putin that the southern port city of Mariupol in Ukraine has fallen into Russian hands following two months of brutal fighting

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Cancels Russian Plans to Storm Mariupol Steel Plant, Opts for Blockade Instead

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered the Russian military to cancel plans to storm the Azovstal plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and said he wanted it to continue to be hermetically blockaded instead. Putin gave the order to Sergei Shoigu, his defense minister, who had previously…

Reuters

Putin cancels Russian plans to storm Mariupol steel plant, opts for blockade instead

Axios

Putin orders Russian forces not to storm Mariupol holdout, but "block it off"

President Zelenskiy said about 1,000 civilians are sheltering at a steel plant in Ukraine's final stronghold in Mariupol.

Wales Online

Ukraine's Mariupol defenders 'may have only hours left' amid Russia's relentless attacks

Mariupol's fall is getting closer after Putin boasted about missile test

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The Independent UK

Putin tells Russian troops to blockade Mariupol ‘so that not even a fly comes through’

Russian leader hailed the operation in the devastated city, which has claimed thousands of lives, a ‘success’

France 24

Biden announces more military aid, questions Russian claims of controlling Mariupol

US President Joe Biden on Thursday authorised another $800 million in military aid for Ukraine, citing a "critical window" in the conflict as Russia conducts a major offensive in eastern Ukraine. The new military package will include heavy artillery, 144,000 rounds of ammunition and tactical drones, Biden said. Follow the…

The Guardian - UK

US officials dismiss Putin’s claim that his forces have ‘liberated’ the port city of Mariupol as disinformation – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can find our latest coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war in our new live blog

The Independent UK

Relentless attacks pound last defenders holed up in Mariupol

New Russian attacks are pounding the last Ukrainian stronghold in the besieged city of Mariupol

The Independent UK

Ukraine news - live: Mariupol to fall before lunch, claims Kadyrov

Boris Johnson says peace talks being held back by ‘crocodile’ Vladimir Putin

Daily Mirror

Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov says Mariupol will fall today in chilling warning

Mariupol would be the biggest city to be seized by Russia since invading Ukraine eight weeks ago in an attack that has taken longer than some military analysts expected

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 57 of the invasion

Putin orders forces not to storm last stronghold in Mariupol as US pledges further $800m in military assistance

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