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Russian assault in eastern Ukraine has begun, Ukraine President Zelenskyy says

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Russia has launched its long-anticipated assault to seize control of Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 18, 2022

Russia begins large-scale military action to seize eastern Ukraine

Ukrainian president announces assault but declares: ‘We will fight. We will not give up anything Ukrainian’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2022

At least 1,000 civilians hiding under Ukrainian stronghold steel plant in Mariupol- city council

No fewer than 1,000 civilians are hiding in underground shelters beneath the vast Azovstal steel plant in the southeastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, the city council said on Monday, adding that Russia was dropping heavy bombs onto the Ukrianian-held factory in the besieged city.

Reuters · Apr 18, 2022

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Mariupol says 40,000 deported from besieged city to Russian regions

The mayor of the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Monday said that about 40,000 civilians had been forcibly moved to Russia or Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine.

Reuters · Apr 18, 2022

Mariupol still contested, U.S. official says

The port city of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine was still contested as Russian appeared to have sent reinforcements into Ukraine in recent days, a senior U.S. defense official said on Monday.

Reuters · Apr 18, 2022

Deadly strikes hit onetime refuge in Ukraine’s west; final fight for Mariupol rages

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Missile strikes on Monday killed seven people in Lviv, a western Ukrainian city once considered a relative safe haven, local officials said, as Russian forces pressed ahead with their drive to seize the strategic southern port city of Mariupol, where Ukraine has vowed that desperate defenders would…

Los Angeles Times · Apr 18, 2022

Ukraine mayor describes 'hard' interrogation by Russian captors

A Ukrainian mayor described hours of "hard" interrogations when held for almost a week by Russian forces last month and said he had appealed to the pope for help to stop a war that had wrecked swathes of his city in southern Ukraine.

Reuters · Apr 18, 2022

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Deadly strikes at onetime refuge in Ukraine’s west amid final fight for Mariupol

Los Angeles Times · Apr 18, 2022

Captured Britons put on Russian TV asking Boris Johnson to help free them

Moscow parades Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin, with pair calling for Ukraine to agree prisoner swap

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2022

Putin ally held in Ukraine suggests prisoner swap for Mariupol forces - video

Pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk appealed in a video released by Ukraine's security service on Monday to be handed over to Moscow in a prisoner swap for Ukrainian forces and civilians trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol.

Reuters · Apr 18, 2022

Family of Briton ‘captured by Russians in Ukraine’ want PoW rules to be applied

Shaun Pinner and fellow British captive Aiden Aslin appeared on Russian TV asking to be exchanged for a pro-Moscow politician.

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2022

Russia forces mass in the east as air strikes hit western Ukraine

Air strikes killed at least six people in Ukraine's western city of Lviv on Monday, as Russia pounded targets across the country while massing forces for an expected all-out assault in the east.

Bangkok Post · Apr 18, 2022

Ukraine will 'fight to the end' in Mariupol as Putin threatens to wipe out entire city

A few thousand resistance soldiers are left in Mariupol which has been pulverised after seven weeks of relentless attacks, who ignored Kremlin orders to surrender over the weekend

Daily Mirror · Apr 18, 2022

Russian missile strikes on Lviv kill at least six and injure child as Putin's forces target safe haven

Millions have fled from Kyiv and eastern Ukraine to the western city of Lviv but nowhere is safe from Russia's bombardment

Wales Online · Apr 18, 2022

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ABC News · Apr 18, 2022

Ukraine latest: Lviv explosions kill seven and wound 11 as bodies line streets of Mariupol after Russia's 'deliberate terror'

Authorities report multiple explosions in western and southern Ukraine, with seven people killed in Lviv, as Russian forces claim near full control of the strategic southern port of Mariupol following almost two months of bloody fighting.

Reuters · Apr 18, 2022

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

Ukraine said Russia started an anticipated new offensive in the east while a Russian missile attack killed seven people in Lviv, the first civilian victims in the western city about 60 km (40 miles) from Poland.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 18, 2022

Ukrainian forces prepare for last-ditch defence of strategic Mariupol

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of wanting to "destroy" the entire eastern region of Donbas, as the last remaining forces in the strategic port of Mariupol prepared Monday for a final defence.

The Guardian - AU · Apr 18, 2022

Zelenskiy says Russia wants to ‘destroy’ Ukraine’s entire Donbas region

Ukraine defies Russian ultimatum and pledges to keep defending Mariupol as bombs hit Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv

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Axios · Apr 18, 2022

Zelensky says Russian forces "destroying Mariupol" want to "wipe out" other Ukrainian cities

Russian troops want to "literally finish off and destroy Donbas," Zelensky said.

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2022

`No surrender': Ukrainians fight on in Mariupol steel plant

Ukraine vowed to fight to the end in the besieged port city of Mariupol where a few thousand fighters held on in a massive steel plant laced with tunnels

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2022

The first shipments of a new US military aid package arrive at Ukraine’s borders – as it happened

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Bangkok Post · Apr 18, 2022

Ukraine says Russia wants to 'destroy' Donbas, Mariupol readies final defence

KYIV, Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of wanting to "destroy" the entire eastern region of Donbas, as the last remaining forces in the strategic port of Mariupol prepared Monday for a final defence.

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2022

Ukraine news – live: Six killed in Lviv by Russian air strikes, officials say as Moscow accused of ‘torture’

Five missiles struck the western Ukrainian city on Monday morning, mayor says

Axios · Apr 18, 2022

In photos: Inside Mariupol, the Ukrainian port city encircled by Russian forces

Russian forces now claim to control urban areas, but Ukrainian officials say the city has not fallen.

Reuters · Apr 18, 2022

Ukraine says Russia begins eastern offensive, missiles kill 7 in Lviv

Ukraine said on Monday Russia had started an anticipated new offensive in the east of the country while a Russian missile attack killed seven people in Lviv, the first civilian victims in the western city about 60 km (40 miles) from Poland.

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