Humanitarian aid visa for Ukrainian refugees ends, leaving local communities to step up Support for Ukrainian refugees continues despite formal end to humanitarian program. ABC News · Aug 7, 2022
Relatives of POWs call on Red Cross to help find loved ones Relatives of prisoners of war taken captive by Russia after the fall of Azovstal steel plant are calling for answers a week on from a prison attack in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine that reportedly killed dozens The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022
Russia Brands Ukrainian Steel Plant Defenders Terrorists Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Ukraine’s Azov Regiment a terrorist organization, a designation that could lead to terror charges against some of the captured fighters who made their last stand inside Mariupol's shattered steel plant. Russia and its rebel allies are holding an estimated 1,000 Azov fighters prisoner, many… Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 2, 2022
Ukrainian officials press for information on prison attack Ukrainian officials say they are struggling to establish the truth surrounding an explosion that killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war captured by the Russians following the fall of Mariupol The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022
Russia and Ukraine trade blame for a deadly attack on a POW prison Russia and Ukraine accused each other of shelling a prison in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine, an attack that reportedly killed dozens of Ukrainian POWs captured after the fall of Mariupol. WEKU · Jul 30, 2022
Russia Says Shelling Killed Dozens of Ukrainian POWs Russian-backed separatists said Friday that a Ukrainian attack with US-supplied missiles on a separatist eastern region hit a prison and killed 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were captured in Mariupol. There was no immediate confirmation of the attack from Ukraine. The attack with HIMARS multiple rocket launchers on the… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 29, 2022
Separatists say shelling killed Ukrainian prisoners of war Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine say that at least 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war captured during the fighting for Mariupol have been killed by Ukrainian shelling The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2022
Ukrainians flee occupied territories through Russian 'filtration' checks As Ukrainian counter-offensives gather momentum to win back the city of Kherson, inhabitants in some Russian-occupied territories have been advised to leave. Russian forces are letting them out, but only if they pass time-consuming and stressful checks known as "filtration". FRANCE 24’s correspondents met some of them. France 24 · Jul 25, 2022
Five Ukrainian women killed by Russian bombs hours after celebrating birthday The young rookie fighters died in the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol. Alla Taran's three-year-old son is now an orphan after his father Vitaliy was also killed Daily Mirror · Jul 23, 2022
Bravery of Azovstal defenders recalled at Kyiv funeral For the families and friends of Ukrainian soldiers killed this spring in the siege of the massive Azovstal steel mill in the city of Mariupol, it has been difficult to begin finding closure The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2022
The bombed Mariupol theater troupe is back on stage with a homegrown Ukrainian play Displaced when Russia bombed their historic building, a Mariupol theater troupe has reconstituted what's left of the group and is putting on a play by a famous Ukrainian playwright. WEKU · Jul 21, 2022
Residents of captured Ukrainian port city try to survive among its ruins Fighting for control of this strategic Ukrainian port city ended two months ago with victory for Russia after thousands were killed and hundreds of thousands forced to flee. Reuters · Jul 21, 2022
Ukrainian refugees forced to escape to enemy soil in Russia Nearly 2 million Ukrainians refugees have ended up in Russia The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022
"The mouth of a bear": Ukrainian refugees sent to Russia Nearly 2 million Ukrainians refugees have been sent to Russia The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022
Al Jazeera · Jul 19, 2022 How Russia’s war has harmed Ukraine’s ethnic Greek minority Most ethnic Greeks lived in the city of Mariupol, but some have died and many were displaced by Russia’s bombardment.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2022 Mariupol cemetery images show 1,400 graves dug since mid-May, says report No fighting in Ukrainian city since Russian capture in late May, but dead people may be being found under buildings, say researchers
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 15, 2022 Sharp Increase in Burials in Russian-held Areas of Ukraine, NGO Says Satellite photos and on-the-ground images reveal a sharp increase in burials in Russian-held areas of Ukraine, according to a report released Friday.
Daily Record · Jul 14, 2022 Ukrainian family reunited in Ayrshire after escaping Mariupol war zone where homes were destroyed Survivors who are living in Troon have told how their home city of Mariupol has been destroyed.
The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2022 Famed Ukrainian medic describes 'hell' of Russian captivity A celebrated Ukrainian medic who was held captive by Russian forces says she thinks about the prisoners she left behind constantly
Zenger · Jul 7, 2022 Excavator Rips Up Mariupol Square As Russia Begins ‘Renovation’ Of Obliterated City Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 in what the Kremlin is calling a "special military operation."
Reuters · Jul 6, 2022 Mariupol port operating at full capacity, TASS quotes officials The port of Mariupol in Russian-controlled territory of Ukraine is operating at full capacity, the TASS news agency reported on Wednesday, citing port officials.
Reuters · Jul 5, 2022 Russian separatists seize two foreign ships in Mariupol - letters Russian-backed separatists have seized two foreign-flagged ships in the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, saying they are now "state property", in the first such moves against commercial shipping, letters seen by Reuters showed.
Daily Mirror · Jul 4, 2022 Brit fighter captured in Ukraine launches desperate appeal to overturn death penalty Aiden Aslin, 28, was captured by Russian forces in Mariupol while fighting for Ukraine and is now appealing against his death sentence for alleged "mercenary activities", which he denies
WEKU · Jun 30, 2022 Mariupol theater bombing was a clear war crime, Amnesty International says Hundreds of civilians were sheltering in the drama theater during the March siege of Mariupol, the southern Ukrainian port city that Russian troops destroyed and now occupy.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 30, 2022 Russians behind 'War Crime' Bombing of Mariupol Theater, Says Amnesty A theater sheltering civilians destroyed in March in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol was likely hit by a Russian airstrike in a war crime, Amnesty International said in a report published Thursday. "Until now, we were speaking about an alleged war crime.