Mariupol’s capture at this point is of mostly symbolic importance, since the city was already effectively under Moscow’s control
21 May 2022 11:45 AM
Moscow was aiming to complete its conquest of Mariupol in time for Victory Day celebrations on Monday
08 May 2022 10:30 AM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the successful operation and said more evacuations were expected Monday
02 May 2022 1:12 PM
In Kyiv, Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen became the latest European leaders to show support with a visit
21 Apr 2022 1:27 PM
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine needs more heavy weapons from the West immediately to have any chance of saving Mariupol
17 Apr 2022 12:44 PM
Mariupol has been the site of some of the heaviest attacks and civilian suffering in the 6-week-old war
12 Apr 2022 11:58 AM
Russian forces and Russian-backed separatist units had taken about half of the port city, normally home to around 400,000 people
23 Mar 2022 10:51 AM
Russian forces are increasingly concentrating their air power and artillery on Ukraine’s cities and the civilians, killing uncounted numbers
22 Mar 2022 11:22 AM
Earlier attempts to evacuate civilian residents from Mariupol and other Ukrainian cities have failed or only partly succeeded
21 Mar 2022 11:33 AM
The fall of Mariupol, the scene of some of the war's worst suffering, would mark a major battlefield advance for the Russians
20 Mar 2022 10:54 AM