TIL Tag: Mariupol
19 headlines found.
- Russia shelling ceasefire escape route, say Ukrainians. The ceasefire was agreed to allow civilians to leave Mariupol and Volnovakha, but the evacuation is now postponed.
March 5, 2022 - Ukraine has once again accused Russia of preventing the evacuation of people from the southern port city of Mariupol.
March 12, 2022 - People are emerging from the bombed Mariupol theater building, Ukrainian official says.
March 17, 2022 - Rescuers have freed 130 people from the basement of a Mariupol theatre but 1,300 remain trapped, Ukraine's human rights chief says.
March 18, 2022 - An art school in Mariupol, where about 400 people were sheltering, was attacked, the city council says.
March 20, 2022 - Ukraine ignores Russia's demand it gives up the city of Mariupol, saying there is "no question of any surrender".
March 21, 2022 - Red Cross convoy with aid for Mariupol stranded in Zaporizhzhia over concerns about security guarantees.
April 1, 2022 - Russian deadline for Mariupol defenders to "surrender or die" passes.
April 17, 2022 - 'Facing our last days, if not hours', Ukrainian commander in Mariupol pleads.
April 20, 2022 - Mariupol steelworks: 'Block it so a fly can't pass,' Putin orders
April 21, 2022 - Russia is forcibly deporting Mariupol residents, Ukraine says.
April 24, 2022 - All elderly people, women and children have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, Ukraine and Russia have announced.
May 7, 2022 - Zelenskiy hails Ukraine's Eurovision win and plans to 'one day' host final in Mariupol.
May 15, 2022 - The Ukrainian military says the defenders of Mariupol have ended their mission, after hundreds of soldiers left the Azovstal steel plant. More than 260 fighters were taken to Russian-controlled territory late on Monday.
May 17, 2022 - Russia's defence ministry said that 694 Ukrainian fighters who had been under siege at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol surrendered over the last 24 hours.
May 18, 2022 - Moscow says more than 900 Ukrainian fighters from the Mariupol steelworks have been taken to a former prison colony, in a Russian-controlled part of Donetsk.
May 19, 2022 - Moscow declares victory in battle for Mariupol steel plant; Russia halts gas supplies to Finland.
May 21, 2022 - Piles of unburied bodies and contaminated drinking water are prompting fears of a cholera outbreak in the southern port city of Mariupol.
June 7, 2022 - Ukraine war: Putin pays visit to war-damaged Mariupol, state media reports.
March 19, 2023