The Latest Breaking News from Mariupol

A photo claiming to show the Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov has made the rounds on social media and on international media outlets. In the photo, Kadyrov is said to be praying in a petrol station in Mariupol, the Ukrainian port city where Chechen fighters are currently helping…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned his people early Saturday that retreating Russian forces were creating “a complete disaster” outside the capital as they leave mines across “the whole territory,” even around homes and corpses. He issued the warning as the humanitarian crisis in the encircled city of Mariupol deepened, with…

Ukraine expects good news over the weekend regarding evacuations of people from the besieged southeastern city of Mariupol, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelesnskiy said on Saturday.

Ukraine’s president says the Russians are leaving mines as they withdraw; central cities hit by new missile strikes

Ukraine has regained control of "the whole Kyiv region" after invading Russian forces retreated from some key towns near the Ukrainian capital, deputy defence minister Ganna Maliar said on Saturday. But as Moscow’s forces retreated to eastern and southern Ukraine, there was growing evidence of civilian killings in the Kyiv…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is warning his people that retreating Russian forces are creating “a complete disaster” outside the capital as they leave behind many mines, even around homes and corpses

Ukrainian forces were advancing on Saturday into areas north of Kyiv as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused departing Russian soldiers of leaving behind mines. A Red Cross convoy was heading to Mariupol, set to try again to evacuate civilians from the besieged port.

Ukraine said on Saturday its forces had seized back all areas around Kyiv, claiming complete control of the capital region for the first time since Russia launched the invasion.

Civilians who managed to flee devastated city tell The Independent their hometown is ‘utterly destroyed’

LVIV, Ukraine — As Russian forces appeared to retreat from parts of northern Ukraine, the Ukrainian military reclaimed territory there and — in one of its boldest moves since the war began five weeks ago — entered Russia for the first time and bombed a fuel depot.

Propaganda videos from both Russian and Ukrainian forces have been widely shared online, in an effort to prove who has control of the besieged eastern city of Mariupol. After the last independent journalists fled Mariupol on March 21, there is still no evidence of who controls the Ukrainian city, despite…