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Ukraine: talks with Russia on getting defenders out of Azovstal very difficult

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk on Friday said negotiations with Russia on getting defenders out of the besieged Azovstal plant in Mariupol were "very difficult" but did not give details.

Reuters

Live updates | Ukraine reports more airstrikes on Azovstal

Ukraine’s military says Russian forces are continuing airstrikes on the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol and pressing their advance on towns in eastern Ukraine

The Independent UK

Ukraine proposes swapping injured Azovstal defenders for Russia prisoners

Ukraine has proposed to Russia that badly injured defenders in the Azovstal plant in the port of Mariupol be swapped for Russian prisoners of war, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Wednesday.

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Civilians evacuated from Mariupol plant; Ukraine says it’s mounting a counteroffensive elsewhere

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine announced Saturday that all women, children and older adults had been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant, the last sliver of Ukrainian-held territory in the shattered southern port city of Mariupol, as Ukrainian towns and cities remained on edge for a major Russian holiday dedicated to…

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine: All women, children and elderly evacuated from Mariupol steel plant

The plant was a shelter for thousands of people throughout Russia's siege of the port city.

Axios

Russia-Ukraine war: All civilians evacuate Mariupol’s Azovstal

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says over 300 civilians have been evacuated from Azovstal, pledges to rescue remaining fighters.

Al Jazeera

Civilians evacuated from Mariupol plant; Ukraine says it’s mounting counteroffensive elsewhere

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Russia-Ukraine latest news: Women, children out of Mariupol plant

Latest Ukraine news from May 7: All women, children and elderly evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel mill.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine announces new prisoner exchange with Russia

Russia has handed over 41 people, including 28 military, in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Friday.

Reuters

Ukraine latest updates: 50 more civilians rescued from Azovstal

Ukraine news from May 6: Eleven children among 50 civilians evacuated from besieged Mariupol steel plant.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainian official says people will be evacuated from Mariupol on Friday

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Thursday that people would be evacuated from the besieged port city of Mariupol on Friday at 1200 local time (0900 GMT).

Reuters

EU countries are ‘almost there’ in agreeing to bloc’s proposed new package of sanctions against Russia – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Moment Russia fires thermobaric weapons on steelworks as contact lost with defenders

Russian troops stormed the plant on April 19 and destroyed large areas, however, pockets of organised resistance fighters remain at the plant

Daily Mirror

Russia Pounds Ukraine, Targeting Supply of Western Arms

Russian forces pounded targets across Ukraine, taking aim at supply lines for foreign weapons in the west and intensifying an offensive in the east, as the European Union moved Wednesday to further punish Moscow for the war with a proposed ban on oil imports. The Russian military said Wednesday it…

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Orphaned girl taken by Russian soldiers reunited with grandfather

Kira Obedinsky, 12, was taken to Russian-controlled Donetsk after being injured in a blast in Mariupol that killed her father

Reuters

EU prepares next Russia sanctions including German-backed oil ban

The European Union was preparing sanctions on Russian oil sales over its invasion of Ukraine after a major shift on Monday by Germany, Russia's biggest energy customer, that could deprive Moscow of a large revenue stream within days.

Daily Mirror

Pregnant Ukrainian woman among 14 people freed from Russian captivity in prisoner exchange

It comes as deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk accused Russia of using women and other civilians as "hostages" and vowed no more swaps would be carried out without female prisoners included

ABC News

Ukraine latest: Russia strikes Ukraine's east and south, as civilians evacuate from Mariupol steel plant

Russia has carried out missile strikes across southern and eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian officials say, and some women and children were evacuated from a steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol after sheltering there for more than a week.

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Ukraine exchanges prisoners with Russia, 14 people coming home -deputy PM

Ukraine carried out a prisoner exchange with Russia on Saturday, with seven soldiers and seven civilians coming home, deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk said in a online posting.

Reuters

Ukraine welcomes back 33 soldiers and 12 civilians in prisoner exchange with Russia

Russia has handed over 33 Ukrainian soldiers, including 13 officers, in an exchange of prisoners of war with Ukraine, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Thursday.

Al Jazeera

Timeline: Week nine of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Al Jazeera recaps key events during week nine of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Urges UN to Be Guarantor of Safe Corridor from Mariupol Steel Plant

Ukraine denied on Monday reaching an agreement with Russia on evacuating civilians from a steel plant in the southern city of Mariupol, and pushed for the United Nations to be the "initiator and guarantor" of any such deal. Russia had said earlier on Monday that it would open a humanitarian…

The Independent UK

Give Ukraine more weapons, Zelensky urges allies

Eight die in Russian missile attack on Odesa

Reuters

Ukraine blames Russia after Mariupol humanitarian corridor fails on Sunday

No humanitarian routes were established out of the southeastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Sunday, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said, blaming Russian forces for not holding their fire.

Reuters

Ukraine official: humanitarian corridor out of Mariupol might be opened Sat

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk on Friday said "there is a possibility" a humanitarian corridor out of the besieged port city of Mariupol could be opened up on Saturday.

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