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Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after leaving Mariupols besieged Azovstal steel plant, near a penal colony, in Olyonivka, in territory under the government of the Donetsk Peoples Republic, eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo)

In biggest victory yet, Russia claims to capture Mariupol

Mariupolâ€™s capture at this point is of mostly symbolic importance, since the city was already effectively under...

21 May 2022 6:15 AM

Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol during shelling, in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk Peoples Republic, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 7, 2022. (AP /Alexei Alexandrov)

Last women and children evacuated from Ukrainian steel mill

Moscow was aiming to complete its conquest of Mariupol in time for Victory Day celebrations on Monday

8 May 2022 5:00 AM

Civil evacuees sit in a bus in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Bezimenne, about 20 kilometres east of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo)

Ukraine to evacuate more civilians from besieged Mariupol

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the successful operation and said more evacuations were expected Monday

2 May 2022 7:42 AM

European Council President Charles Michel, center, looks at destroyed vehicles as he is given a tour of the region of Borodyanka, Ukraine. (Dario Pignatelli/European Council via AP)

Some civilians leave as Russians tighten noose on Mariupol

In Kyiv, Spain Prime Minister Pedro SÃ¡nchez and Denmarkâ€™s Mette Frederiksen became the latest European leaders to...

21 April 2022 7:57 AM

Local civilians walk past a tank destroyed during heavy fighting in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Russia hits Ukrainian cities, pours more troops into war

Russia was continuing to mount offensives at various locations in the east as its forces probe for weak points in the...

20 April 2022 6:11 AM

Ukrainian servicemen walk among debris of damaged buildings after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Russia strikes Ukraine-'s big cities, bears down on Mariupol

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine needs more heavy weapons from the West immediately to have any chance of...

17 April 2022 7:14 AM

A policeman examinares the corpse of a man killed during the war with Russia in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Mayor: More than 10,000 civilians dead in Ukraine port city

Mariupol has been the site of some of the heaviest attacks and civilian suffering in the 6-week-old war

12 April 2022 6:28 AM

An elderly woman walks pass concrete blocks topped with sandbags at a street in Odesa, southern Ukraine, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022.(AP/Petros Giannakouris)

Russian strikes turning Mariupol into -'ashes-' as West plans more...

Russian forces and Russian-backed separatist units had taken about half of the port city, normally home to around...

23 March 2022 5:21 AM

A firefighter looks at the destruction caused after shelling of a shopping center, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. (AP/Rodrigo Abd)

Civilians fleeing Mariupol describe street-to-street battles

Russian forces are increasingly concentrating their air power and artillery on Ukraineâ€™s cities and the civilians,...

22 March 2022 5:52 AM

A neighbor stands amid the destruction caused by a bomb in Satoya neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 20, 2022. (AP/Rodrigo Abd)

Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol

Earlier attempts to evacuate civilian residents from Mariupol and other Ukrainian cities have failed or only partly...

21 March 2022 6:03 AM

A displaced family from Kyiv, right, sit in a basement, used as a bomb shelter, during an air raid in Lviv, Western Ukraine, Saturday, March 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Russians push deeper into Mariupol as locals plead for help

The fall of Mariupol, the scene of some of the war-'s worst suffering, would mark a major battlefield advance for the...

20 March 2022 5:24 AM