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Putin claims victory in Mariupol; Ukrainian fighters hold on

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory on Thursday in the biggest battle of the Ukraine war, declaring the port city of Mariupol "liberated," although hundreds of Ukrainian troops and civilians were still holding out inside a giant steel works.

Reuters

Ultimatum ignored in Mariupol as attacks intensify in east Ukraine

RUBIZHNE, Ukraine — Russia tightened its grip Wednesday around Ukraine’s last stronghold in the besieged port of Mariupol, whose desperate defenders, holed up in underground shelters beneath a massive steel plant, pleaded for international help, declaring that they were “probably facing our last days, if not hours.”

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Chechen chief Kadyrov: Russia forces will control Mariupol steelworks Thursday -Interfax

Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Russia's republic of Chechnya, said Russian forces would be in complete control of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol on Thursday.

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Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Zelenskyy calls for more weapons

Ukraine news from April 21: Addressing Portuguese parliament, Ukraine president says Kyiv needs arms to defend itself.

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Russian forces continue offensive in Ukraine's east as Zelenskyy vows to bring war criminals to justice — as it happened

Ukraine's military says it is continuing to hold off Russian attacks in the country's east, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vows to bring Russian soldiers to justice for war crimes committed during the invasion.

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Ultimatum ignored in Mariupol as attacks intensify in east Ukraine

RUBIZHNE, Ukraine — Russia delivered what it said was a last-chance surrender ultimatum Wednesday to Ukrainian forces in the besieged port of Mariupol, whose desperate defenders, pleading for international help, declared that they were “probably facing our last days, if not hours.”

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Ultimatum ignored in Mariupol as attacks intensify in east Ukraine

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine ready to hold special talks with Russia in Mariupol - negotiator

Ukraine is ready to hold a "special round of negotiations" with Russia in the besieged city of Mariupol without any conditions, negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak tweeted on Wednesday.

Reuters

Ukrainian commander begs world for help as terrified civilians trapped in steel plant

Major Serhiy Volyna’s plea came as there was a successful partial evacuation of Mariupol during a temporary ceasefire. Russia said it had hit 1053 Ukrainian military facilities

Daily Mirror

Thousands of civilians left trapped in Mariupol after evacuation stalls

President Zelensky has suggested he is willing to swap Russian prisoners in exchange for safe passage for trapped civilians

Evening Standard

Russia Pressures Mariupol as it Focuses on Ukraine’s East

Russian forces tightened the noose around die-hard Ukrainian defenders holed up at a Mariupol steel plant Wednesday amid desperate new efforts to open an evacuation corridor for civilians trapped in the ruined city, a key battleground in Moscow’s drive to seize the country's industrial east. As the holdouts came under…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Timeline: Week eight of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Al Jazeera recaps key events during week eight of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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‘Massive obliteration’ if Russia fails to take Ukraine’s east

New war phase begins with Russia focusing on Ukraine’s east and south as the West steps up arms deliveries.

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Reuters

Mariupol evacuation corridor did not work as planned -Ukraine's deputy PM

Ukraine's deputy prime minister said on Wednesday that an agreed humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol had not worked as planned, blaming Russian forces for not holding their ceasefire.

Daily Mirror

British PoW's mum just wants her hero son home after he was captured in Ukraine

Ang Wood last spoke to her son Aiden Aslin a little more than a week ago, when he spoke to her briefly to tell her that he was surrendering

Nottingham Post

Aiden Aslin's mum just wants her 'hero' son back home after he was captured by Russians

Ang Wood was speaking exclusively to Nottinghamshire Live from her hometown

Los Angeles Times

Ultimatum ignored in Mariupol as attacks intensify in east Ukraine

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The Independent UK

Ukrainian athlete wins gold at Invictus Games before raising flag with emotional plea

Victory at the delayed fifth edition of the Games, but his support remained with those in his homeland

Los Angeles Times

New surrender ultimatum in Mariupol as attacks intensify in east Ukraine

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russia delivered what it said was a last-chance surrender ultimatum Wednesday to Ukrainian forces in the besieged port of Mariupol, whose desperate defenders, pleading for international help, declared that they were “probably facing our last days, if not hours.”

Wales Online

Millions have fled war-torn Ukraine since start of Russian invasion, UN reports

UN High Commissioner for Refugees said the majority of refugees had gone to Poland initially but a number have travelled further afield

France 24

Ukraine's prosecutor general: 'I expect to find evidence of genocide in Mariupol'

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Ukraine's Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova discussed the alleged war crimes committed by the Russian military in Ukraine. Venediktova warned that she expects to find "evidence of genocide" in the besieged eastern city of Mariupol. She also warned that "huge numbers of people" are being…

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – latest: Mariupol defenders hold out, as Russian oligarch says war is ‘insane’

Kyiv has accused Kremlin of bombing a hospital sheltering up to 300 people in besieged port city

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian commander in Mariupol says forces ‘facing last days, if not hours’

Marine commander appeals for help as another Russian ultimatum calling for remaining troops in city to surrender expires

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Ukraine repelling intense Russian offensive in east

Shelling and strikes in Donbas increasing but Russians hampered by logistical problems, UK claims. Plus, Biden’s $6bn effort to save nuclear plants

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