Mariupol

Last year at the Oscars, the documentary 'Navalny' bagged the top prize. The Russian Opposition leader died in prison last month. This year, Ukraine's '20 Days in Mariupol' might take home the said award at the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday.

Zelenskiy brings Azovstal commanders back to Ukraine from Turkey

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ankara had promised under the exchange agreement to keep the men in Turkey and complained Moscow had not been informed.

Vladimir Putin visits Mariupol in first trip to occupied Ukraine territory

Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise trip to Mariupol, the Kremlin said on March 19, his first visit to territory captured from Ukraine since the start of Moscow's invasion. The visit triggered an angry reaction from Ukraine, with a presidential aide blasting its "cynicism" and "lack of remorse".

Putin makes surprise trip to Russian-occupied Mariupol in wake of ICC warrant

Russian President Vladimir Putin made the surprise visit to the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol -- the scene of some of the worst devastation of his year-old invasion -- a day after being accused of war crimes by the International Criminal Court.

Putin makes surprise trip to Mariupol, first to occupied Donbas in Ukraine

Mariupol, which fell to Russia in May after one of the war's longest and bloodiest battles, was Russia's first major victory after it failed to seize Kyiv and focused instead on southeastern Ukraine.

‘Long Live the Theater’: Mariupol’s drama company to perform again

Dressed in black, the actors moved around a sparse rehearsal room preparing a new play — the story of a dissident Ukrainian who died in a Russian prison camp decades ago. As they took a break, they gathered in a circle with their arms around each other, laughing and chattering.

Ukraine’s richest person sues Russia over invasion

Ukraine’s richest person, Rinat Akhmetov, is suing Russia in the European Court of Human Rights

John Cena meets teen fan who fled Ukraine with mom, convinced to find the WWE star

Recollecting the day spent with Misha, John Cena said, "It was a special afternoon." He gifted the teen fan a special t-shirt, cap and a WWE belt and the two shared a Ukrainian honey cake.

Russian artillery pounds Sievierodonetsk, hundreds of civilians shelter in chemical plant

Ukraine has issued increasingly urgent calls for more Western weapons to help defend Sievierodonetsk, which Kyiv says could hold the key to the outcome of the battle for control of the eastern Donbas region and the future course of the war.

Ukraine pleads for more weapons, cholera spreads in Mariupol

U.N.'s food agency said reduced exports of wheat and other food commodities from Ukraine and Russia could inflict chronic hunger on up to 19 million more people globally over the next year.

Russia returns 210 dead Mariupol defenders

The agency did not specify Tuesday how many more bodies are believed to remain in the rubble of the plant.

Ukraine crisis | First ship leaves Mariupol since Russia took the city

A spokesperson for the port said last week that the ship would be loading 2,700 tonnes of metal in Mariupol before travelling east to the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. Ukraine said the shipment of metal to Russia from Mariupol amounted to looting.

Ukraine's richest man plans to sue Russia for huge losses

Ukraine's richest man says he plans to sue Russia over what he said was $17 billon to $20 billion in losses caused by its bombardment of steel plants he owns in the devastated city of Mariupol.

Ukraine says it holds off latest Russian assault in east

Ukraine said on May 23 it had held off the latest assault on an eastern city that has become the main target of Moscow's offensive since Russian forces finally seized Mariupol last week.

Explainer: Who were Mariupol's last defenders?

As Russia announced it had completed its takeover of Mariupol with the surrender of the fighters who served as the final obstacle, Ukraine's government did not confirm the city's fall.

Russia halts gas exports to Finland, says Mariupol steelworks siege has ended

Russia also launched what appeared to be a major assault to seize the last remaining Ukrainian-held territory in Luhansk, one of two provinces that make up the southeastern Donbas region and where Russian-backed separatists already controlled swathes of territory before the Feb. 24 invasion.

More Ukraine fighters surrendering in Mariupol, Russia says

Ukraine has ordered its garrison in Mariupol to stand down, but the ultimate outcome of Europe's bloodiest battle for decades remains unresolved.

Ukraine troops begin to surrender in Mariupol

Ukraine's military said it aimed to evacuate its remaining soldiers from their last stronghold in Mariupol, as fighters that have held out for 82 days began to surrender, heralding the end of Europe's bloodiest battle in decades.

Fears for Mariupol defenders after surrender to Russia

The surrender brought an end to the most devastating siege of Russia's war in Ukraine and allowed President Vladimir Putin to claim a rare victory in his faltering campaign, which many military analysts say has stalled.

Ukrainian women ask West to save trapped Mariupol defenders

Now in France, the young Ukranian women are determined to do whatever is necessary to help save the men's lives.

Ukraine says it damaged Russian ship, seeks evacuation of wounded Mariupol fighters

Renewed fighting around Snake Island in recent days may become a battle for control of the western Black Sea coast, according to some defence officials, as Russian forces struggle to make headway in Ukraine's north and east.

'People say you come from another planet': Ukraine commander asks Elon Musk for help

"Help us get out of Azovstal to a mediating country. If not you, then who? Give me a hint," commander Serhiy Volyna tweeted to Elon Musk.

Ukraine Conflict in Pics | Hope blooms amid a few surviving flowers in a city pounded by Russia

The week was also marked by horrific images that offered a rare glimpse of the death and atrocities of the war. In Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, which has been under sustained Russian attack since the beginning of the war in late February, bodies were everywhere.

Russian Deputy PM visits ruined Ukrainian city of Mariupol

Russia, which sent thousands of troops into Ukraine on February 24 in what it calls a special military operation, claimed to take control of the city on the Sea of Azov on April 21 after nearly two months of siege.

Ukraine says all women, children now evacuated from Mariupol steel mill

Under heavy bombardment, fighters and civilians have been trapped for weeks in deep bunkers and tunnels criss-crossing the site, with little food, water or medicine