The Latest Breaking News from Mariupol

The bodies of more than 900 civilians have been discovered in the region surrounding the Ukrainian capital following Russia’s withdrawal — most of them fatally shot, police said Friday, an indication that many people were “simply executed.” The jarring number emerged shortly after Russia’s Defense Ministry promised to step up…

Ukraine president says situation in Mariupol remains ‘extremely severe’ as Moscow tells port city’s remaining defenders to ‘surrender or die’

More than 900 bodies of civilians have been discovered in the Kyiv region following the withdrawal of Russian forces

Russia said its troops had cleared the urban area of Mariupol and only a small contingent of Ukrainian fighters remained inside a steelworks in the besieged southern port on Saturday, as missile strikes hit Ukraine's capital Kyiv and other cities.

SEVERODONETSK, Ukraine — Thunderous blasts echoed across Ukraine’s eastern battle zone and in its capital Friday as Russia intensified its attacks and experts predicted it could soon take control of the embattled port city of Mariupol, a crucial prize that would help it consolidate territorial gains.

Mariupol, where a maternity hospital and a theatre packed with sheltering families were bombed, is the site of the worst humanitarian catastrophe of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The past few days have delivered more reports of atrocities committed by the Russian military in Ukraine: women and girls raped, civilians locked up and shot, plus reports of chemical weapons being deployed in Mariupol. Calls continue for more to be done to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin. In the…

Ukraine's defence ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said on Friday that street battles were ongoing in the besieged port city of Mariupol, which Russian forces had not managed to completely capture.

Ukraine's defence ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said on Friday that for, the first time since the start of its invasion, Russia used long-range bombers to attack the besieged port city of Mariupol.

Ukraine's biggest steelmaker Metinvest vowed on Friday never to operate under Russian occupation and said that more than a third of the nation's metallurgy production capacity was now out of action due to the siege of the city of Mariupol.

Loud bombs have been heard going off in Kyiv and other cities across Ukraine after the sinking of Russia’s Black Sea flagship.