Ukraine news – live: Russian missiles strike Lviv in dawn attack as fresh sanctions mount on Moscow The building of an aircraft repair plant has been destroyed in the attack The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022
Russian attacks, civilian deaths and chaos in Ukraine as war enters fourth week KYIV, Ukraine — As Russia launched an onslaught of new attacks on civilian sites across Ukraine, U.S. officials on Thursday ratcheted up their accusations that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces have committed war crimes, including the bombing of a theater this week where more than 1,000 people were sheltering. Los Angeles Times · Mar 18, 2022
Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 23 of the invasion Food supply fears as Biden plans to warn Chinese president against providing military support for Russia The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2022
VIDEO: Ukrainian Missiles Pummel Russian Tank As Soldier Flees Tank had “Z” symbol, which has been viewed as a sign of support for the invasion within Russia. Zenger · Mar 18, 2022
G7 nations demand Putin stop his ‘unprovoked and shameful war’ amid reports of further atrocities US investigating potential war crimes as mayor says 21 killed when school and community centre hit in latest Russian air strikes on cities Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2022
Mariupol's beloved drama theatre lies in ruins as locals fear the Ukrainian city will never recover from Russia's assault The building at the heart of Mariupol lies in ruins, with hundreds of civilians trapped under rubble. With "80 to 90 per cent" of buildings now destroyed, the city's locals become aware that life may never be the same again. ABC News · Mar 17, 2022
Little progress at talks as Russia bombards Ukrainian cities Ukraine’s capital Kyiv came under renewed Russian shelling on Thursday as negotiators deem talks ‘complicated’. Al Jazeera · Mar 17, 2022
Inside Ukraine's city of hell where lost children buried in mass grave Airstrikes and shells relentlessly pound Mariupol about one a minute. This southern seaport of has become a symbol of Vladimir Putin’s drive to crush Ukraine but also of a fierce resistance Daily Mirror · Mar 17, 2022
Civilian targets under heavy fire as Ukraine war enters fourth week KYIV, Ukraine — Rescuers began to pull survivors Thursday from the rubble of a nighttime airstrike on a theater where more than 1,000 people had sheltered in the besieged port city of Mariupol, as Russia’s war on Ukraine entered its fourth week with no sign of a respite and a… Los Angeles Times · Mar 17, 2022
Gran in tears fearing her loved ones are dead after Russian troops obliterate theatre Ukrainian Nina Slastian, 53, has been unable to contact her friends and family for three weeks and is desperate to know if they are still alive after Russia bombed the theatre in Mariupol Daily Mirror · Mar 17, 2022
US: Russia Launches Over 1,000 Missiles Since Start of Ukraine Invasion Russia has fired more than 1,000 missiles at Ukrainian targets since the start of its invasion, which has now entered its fourth week, a senior US defense official said on Thursday. Rescue workers were searching for survivors in the rubble of a theater in the besieged city of Mariupol on… Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 17, 2022
Live From Ukraine, March 17: Mariupol Official Says 'Nothing Works' In Besieged City Valentyna Zakharchuk is a Ukrainian citizen who will provide daily on-the-ground updates of the Russian invasion for Benzinga. Southeast Ukraine: In Mariupol, the only hospital that still accepts people is on the verge of collapse. Doctors said that disconnecting a medical facility from electricity will be fatal for many patients. Benzinga · Mar 17, 2022
About 30 Turks remain sheltering in Mariupol mosque While about 50 Turkish citizens have escaped the besieged city in recent days, about 30 remain. Al Jazeera · Mar 17, 2022
Russia Ukraine War Advisory Rescuers are searching for survivors in the wreckage of a theater ripped apart by Russian airstrikes in the besieged city of Mariupol, while ferocious Russian bombardment killed dozens in a northern city over the past day. The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2022
Reuters · Mar 17, 2022 Ukrainian city of Mariupol says number of possible casualties at theatre is unclear Authorities in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol said on Thursday it was still not possible to estimate the number of possible casualties from what they said was an air strike on a theatre where hundreds of people were believed to have been sheltering.
Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2022 Hopes raised that theatre shelling victims survived It did not take next-generation satellite technology to see the large signs, in Russian, which spelled out ‘children’. But the Donetsk Regional Theatre of Drama in the besieged city of Mariupol, a makeshift shelter for more than 1,000 women and children – many of whose homes had already been flattened…
Al Jazeera · Mar 17, 2022 Russia-Ukraine war: Survivors emerge from bombed Mariupol theatre Officials say some survivors rescued from basement of building bombed by Russian forces in southeastern Ukraine.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2022 Aid agencies race to get food supplies to Ukrainian cities at risk of siege Efforts to stock up Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipro are under way as the wider repercussions of the conflict are felt in Yemen and Lebanon
Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 17, 2022 Ukraine’s Mariupol: a rare dispatch from a city under Russian siege; despair, death everywhere Families have been told to leave their dead in the streets because it’s too dangerous to hold funerals. This southern seaport of 430,000 has become a symbol of Russia President Vladimir Putin’s drive to crush democratic Ukraine — and also of a fierce resistance on the ground.
Reuters · Mar 17, 2022 Red Cross urges safe passage for people, aid in Ukraine's Mariupol The International Committee of the Red Cross called on the warring parties on Thursday to let people leave the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol safely and to allow aid in.
The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2022 Fourth Russian general killed in Ukraine, claims president Zelensky Leader of southeastern unit, major general Oleg Mityaev, said to have been killed in attempt on Mariupol
Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2022 Evening Standard Comment: Zelensky and Putin — a tale of two speeches There were giant signs spelled out in Russian for any pilot to see: “children”. Yet a Mariupol theatre, in which more than 1,000 women and children were sheltering, was bombed anyway. Now it is mere rubble.
The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2022 Satellite imagery shows bombed theatre and burning buildings across Ukraine An image of a theatre in Mariupol that was later attacked shows the Russian word for ‘children’ written in large white letters on the ground outside.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2022 Survivors leaving basement of Mariupol theatre after airstrike, say officials Number of casualties unclear after strike on building where hundreds of people were hiding in basement
Wales Online · Mar 17, 2022 Ukraine lunchtime briefing: Theatre air strike 'specific targeting' of civilian building, says minister James Cleverly said it was a 'self-evident breach of international law'