The Latest Breaking News from Mariupol

Hundreds feared trapped under rubble after Ukraine theatre destroyed

Rescuers are continuing to search for hundreds of civilians feared trapped under the wreckage of a bombed theatre in the Ukraine city of Mariupol.

ABC News · Mar 18, 2022

Russian airstrikes outside Lviv bring Ukraine war closer to NATO's eastern flank

LVIV, Ukraine — Russian missiles hit an aircraft repair facility outside this city on Friday, bringing the war closer to a relatively safe haven in western Ukraine — a center for refugees and humanitarian aid — and within miles of the eastern border of NATO.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 18, 2022

‘We waited for death’: Mariupol siege survivor recounts ordeal

The Ukrainian port city of Mariupol has been devastated by relentless Russian bombardment.

Al Jazeera · Mar 18, 2022

US father desperate to get 2-year-old son home from Ukraine

A California man is desperate to get his 2-year-old American-born son out of Ukraine

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

Ukraine: Old people in Mariupol ‘dying of strokes due to stress and no one removing the bodies’

‘I can’t find the words to find the horror, the atmosphere, the darkness that reigned over the city,’ says charity worker

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

Zelensky says hundreds still trapped under Mariupol theater bombed by Russia

Over 1,000 people were taking shelter under the theater at the time of the attack, a Ukrainian official said.

Axios · Mar 18, 2022

Still 1,300 Ukrainians 'destined to die' under bombed theatre, politician warns

The theatre, a large shelter that was keeping around 1,300 women, children and elderly safe, was bombed on Wednesday by Russian forces as they continue their campaign of air strikes against the city

Daily Mirror · Mar 18, 2022

Ukraine says 130 people rescued from bombed Mariupol theatre but more than a thousand remain trapped

More than 1,300 people are estimated to still be trapped in the basement of the theatre

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

Ukraine president says rescue work at bombed Mariupol theatre is ongoing

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday said rescue work was ongoing at the site of a bombed theatre in Mariupol city from where 130 people have so far been recovered alive.

Reuters · Mar 18, 2022

130 ‘survivors recovered’ from destroyed Mariupol theatre but 1,300 trapped’

Ukrainian authorities also stressed that more than 1,300 were still trapped in the basement of the building

Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2022