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Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

About 1,000 civilians remained trapped at a steel plant where Ukrainian forces are making their last stand in the besieged city of Mariupol, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, after a Russian ultimatum to surrender or die expired on Wednesday.

Reuters

Ukrainian commander in Mariupol tells world leaders: We're "facing our last days, if not hours"

Capturing the key port city would mark a major victory for Russian forces.

Axios

Live updates | Ukraine to resume evacuations out of Mariupol

Ukraine's evacuation efforts will resume Wednesday to bring some civilians out of the war-torn port city of Mariupol

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Ukraine blames Russia as attempts to evacuate civilians from Mariupol fall short

Ukraine accused Russian forces on Wednesday of failing to observe a local ceasefire agreement long enough to allow large numbers of women, children and elderly people to flee the besieged city of Mariupol.

Reuters

Ukraine accuses Russia of Mariupol hospital bombing

A makeshift hospital in Mariupol has been hit, Ukrainian officials say

Wales Online

Mariupol: Russian forces accused of bombing ‘improvised’ hospital sheltering hundreds of people

The former governor of Donetsk said 300 people, including wounded troops and civilians with children, were sheltering in the hospital

Evening Standard

Ukraine Gets Warplanes as Mariupol Officer Warns Facing 'Last Days'

Ukraine received fighter jets to help resist the Russian invasion, as Moscow intensified its offensive in the east where a besieged officer in Mariupol warned Wednesday his forces were facing their "last days, if not hours". The West has responded to a renewed Russian push into the Donbas region with…

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Ukraine can develop ‘maximum speed’ in joining the EU, Zelenskiy says – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Ukraine repelling intense Russian offensive in east, UK says, as Mariupol troops face ‘last hours’

Shelling and strikes in Donbas increasing but Russians hampered by logistical problems, Ministry of Defence claims

The Guardian - AU

Civilians still trapped as Mariupol evacuation fails, says Ukraine deputy PM

About 1,000 civilians remain trapped at a steel plant where Ukrainian forces are making their last stand in the besieged city of Mariupol, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday. Ukraine blamed Russian forces for failing to respect a temporary ceasefire. Follow the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog.…

France 24

Russia hits Ukrainian cities, pours more troops into war

Russia is hurling its military might against Ukrainian cities and towns and pouring more troops into the war

The Independent UK

Ukraine gets warplanes as Mariupol warns facing 'last days'

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine: Ukraine received fighter jets to help resist the Russian invasion, as Moscow intensified its offensive in the east where a besieged officer in Mariupol warned Wednesday his forces were facing their "last days, if not hours".

Bangkok Post

Russia intensifies its assault with fresh strikes on eastern Ukraine

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Determined to seize control of Ukraine’s industrial heartland, Russia on Tuesday intensified its assaults across the country’s east while keeping up the bombardment of Ukrainian forces in the besieged southern port of Mariupol.

Los Angeles Times

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 56 of the invasion

Deadline passes for Ukrainian forces in Mariupol to surrender, and dozens of civilians leave city via humanitarian corridor

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Reuters

Ukraine seeks Mariupol evacuation talks after surrender-or-die ultimatum expires

Ukraine proposed talks with Moscow over evacuating troops and civilians from Mariupol after a Russian surrender-or-die ultimatum expired on Wednesday, leaving many trapped at a steel plant, the last main stronghold of resistance.

Al Jazeera

Latest Russia-Ukraine updates: Mariupol evacuation attempt fails

Ukraine news for April 20: ‘Occupiers unable to ensure a proper ceasefire’ for a humanitarian corridor, deputy PM says.

Los Angeles Times

Fresh strikes rock eastern Ukraine as Russia intensifies its assault

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Determined to seize control of Ukraine’s industrial heartland, Russia on Tuesday intensified its assaults across the country’s east, and again gave a fruitless surrender ultimatum to Ukrainian forces in the besieged southern port of Mariupol.

Evening Standard

Forces clash along Ukraine’s eastern front line in battle of Donbas

President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed that his troops would withstand the advance as Russia launched a fresh offensive

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The Independent UK

British soldiers captured in Ukraine ‘should not have been there’, UK minister says

Shaun Pinner, 48, and Aiden Aslin, 28, have been taken captive by Russia

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Chief Calls for Four-Day Humanitarian Pause in Fighting in Ukraine

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for a four-day Orthodox Easter humanitarian pause in fighting in Ukraine to allow for the safe passage of civilians to leave areas of conflict and the delivery of humanitarian aid to hard-hit areas. Guterres said the United Nations was submitting detailed plans to…

Reuters

Russian media say 120 civilians left besieged steel plant in Mariupol

About 120 civilians living next to the Azovstal steel works in the besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol have left via humanitarian corridors, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday, quoting Russian state TV.

Reuters

Mariupol may fall within days, European official says

The Ukrainian port city of Mariupol could fall to Russian forces within days, a European official said on Tuesday, saying it may suffer more than the town of Bucha, where Russian forces have been accused of atrocities that the Kremlin has denied.

The Hindu

Over 100,000 people stuck in Mariupol, need advanced weapons: Ukraine envoy

Photo and art exhibition at Ukraine Embassy showcases destruction and civilian deaths due to the war

Los Angeles Times

With Russia’s big offensive underway, fresh strikes rock eastern Ukraine

AVDIIVKA, Ukraine — Determined to seize control of Ukraine’s industrial heartland, Russia on Tuesday intensified its assaults along a more than 300-mile-long front line in the country’s east, and again gave a fruitless surrender ultimatum to Ukrainian forces in the besieged southern port of Mariupol.

Los Angeles Times

With Russia’s big offensive said to be underway, fresh battles rock eastern Ukraine

AVDIIVKA, Ukraine — Moscow again on Tuesday demanded the surrender of holdout Ukrainian forces in the besieged southern port of Mariupol and bombardment boomed across the country’s east in what Russia and Ukraine are calling a major new phase of the ferocious nearly 8-week-old war.

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