The Latest Breaking News from Mariupol

Holocaust survivor Boris Romanchenko is killed in his Kharkiv apartment after it is shot and burns down

A 96-year-old man who had been forced to work underground and on the V-2 rocket by Nazis dies in his home as it is fired upon during a Russian attack, while homes in the Black Sea port city of Odesa are also hit by shelling from the invading forces.

ABC News · Mar 21, 2022

The longer the war... Does time favour Ukraine or Russia?

Nearly a month in, Ukraine is resisting as invading Russian forces increasingly resort to shelling civilians. With an estimated 300,000 people trapped in the besieged port city of Mariupol and amid shelling in major cities including the capital, Kyiv is refusing to surrender and the Russian advance is slow going.…

France 24 · Mar 21, 2022

Ukraine refuses to surrender Mariupol; Russia blows up Kyiv shops

Told to give up the city of Mariupol by dawn, Ukraine's president says the country will not surrender and its people will not accept Russian occupation.

The New Daily · Mar 21, 2022

Ukraine’s Poroshenko urges Gulf countries to increase oil output

Former president tells Al Jazeera that Arab oil producers can prevent a global food crisis.

Al Jazeera · Mar 21, 2022

Ukrainian refugees speak of bombs, half-empty cities, hunger

Yulia Bondarieva spent 10 days in a basement as Russian planes flew over and bombs were falling on Kharkiv

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2022

"Now there are none": Last international journalists in Mariupol detail harrowing escape

"We were the last journalists in Mariupol. Now there are none."

Axios · Mar 21, 2022

Russia 'will unleash next wave of hell' but is 'running out of firepower' in Mariupol

Professor Mark Galeotti, principal director of Mayak Intelligence, said that Russia's surrender call was "grandstanding" before it unleashes "the next wave of hell" - but experts do not believe invaders have the firepower

Daily Mirror · Mar 21, 2022

Fresh attacks hit Ukraine as Mariupol refuses Russian demand to surrender

LVIV, Ukraine — As the besieged city of Mariupol rejected a demand to surrender, Russian forces mounted attacks across Ukraine overnight and into Monday, including a missile strike that officials said hit a Kyiv shopping center and killed at least eight people.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 21, 2022

Fresh attacks hit Ukraine as Mariupol refuses Russian demand to surrender

LVIV, Ukraine — As the besieged city of Mariupol rejected a demand to surrender, Russian forces mounted attacks across Ukraine overnight and into Monday, including a missile strike that officials said hit a Kyiv shopping center and killed at least eight people.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 21, 2022

Russia docks landing support ship near Ukraine's Mariupol

Russia's armed forces said on Monday they had docked a large, beachable landing support ship, the Orsk, in the occupied Ukrainian port of Berdyansk, 70 km (45 miles) southwest of the besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov.

Reuters · Mar 21, 2022