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Possible Mass Graves Near Mariupol Shown in Satellite Images

New satellite images show what appear to be mass graves near Mariupol, and local officials accused Russia of burying up to 9,000 Ukrainian civilians there in an effort to conceal the slaughter taking place in the siege of the port city. The images emerged Thursday, just hours after Russian President…

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Possible mass graves near Mariupol shown in satellite images

New satellite images show what appear to be mass graves near Mariupol in southern Ukraine

The Independent UK

Ukraine receives 19 prisoners of war from Russia, deputy PM says

Russia handed over to Ukraine 10 soldiers, including two officers, and nine civilians in an exchange of prisoners of war, Iryna Vereshchuk, the Ukrainian deputy prime minister said on Thursday.

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Mariupol timeline: How the Ukrainian seaport became a city under siege

A coastal export hub, home to 400,000 people just two months ago, the city has borne the brunt of Russian brutality as Moscow seeks land bridge between Crimea and Donbas

The Independent UK

Ukraine deputy PM demands Russia let civilians and wounded soldiers leave Azovstal

Ukraine's deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk on Thursday demanded Russia urgently allow the evacuation of civilians and wounded soldiers from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol via a humanitarian corridor.

Reuters

Ukraine negotiators ready to go to Mariupol to ‘save our guys’

The strategic port city has been taken over by Russian forces, except for a small pocket of resistance.

Al Jazeera

Live updates | Ukraine to resume evacuations out of Mariupol

Ukraine's evacuation efforts will resume Wednesday to bring some civilians out of the war-torn port city of Mariupol

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Ukraine blames Russia as attempts to evacuate civilians from Mariupol fall short

Ukraine accused Russian forces on Wednesday of failing to observe a local ceasefire agreement long enough to allow large numbers of women, children and elderly people to flee the besieged city of Mariupol.

Reuters

Ukrainian volunteers recount three weeks in Russian captivity, allege beatings

Volodymyr Khropun and Yulia Ivannikova-Katsemon say they were helping people flee villages on the front line in northern Ukraine when they were detained by Russian soldiers over two days in March.

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Ukraine receives 76 Ukrainan prisoners of war in swap with Russia

Russia handed over 60 soldiers and 16 civilians to Ukraine in an exchange of prisoners of war, the Ukrainian deputy prime minister said on Tuesday.

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Ukraine says no safe corridors agreed for civilians for third successive day

Ukraine was for the third successive day unable to secure Russia's agreement on establishing any humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians trapped in cities and towns, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Russia steps up bombardment of cities across Ukraine

Russia intensifies attacks across Ukraine in a push to break down its defences ahead of an expected assault on the east.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine's deputy PM says Ukraine, Russia fail to agree on evacuation convoys

Ukraine and Russia have failed to agree on Sunday about humanitarian convoys for the evacuation of civilians from war-affected areas, Ukraine's deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Sunday.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Mariupol fighters hold out

Ukraine news from April 17: Ukrainian fighters are holding out in the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol.

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Ukraine deputy PM: 9 evacuation corridors, including Mariupol, agreed for Saturday

Ukraine Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said nine humanitarian corridors had been agreed for Saturday to evacuate civilians, including from the besieged city of Mariupol by private cars.

The Guardian - UK

Stay or go? Ukrainian mayors’ agonising choice as Russia invaded

The decision to remain can inspire local people to resist, but also have deadly consequences

Reuters

Ukraine says 2,557 people evacuated on Thursday

A total of 2,557 people were evacuated from Ukrainian cities through humanitarian corridors on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.

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Ukraine says 4,354 people evacuated via humanitarian corridors on Monday

A total of 4,354 people were evacuated from Ukrainian cities through humanitarian corridors on Monday, including 556 from Mariupol, Ukraine's deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk said in a post on the Telegram messaging service.

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Ukraine says Russia holding many civilians in prisons - deputy PM

Ukraine's deputy prime minister on Monday accused Russia of holding civilians, including journalists, activists and elected officials, in prisons on Russian territory.

Reuters

Army experience drives Ukraine's Vereshchuk to secure prisoner release

It's the five years spent serving in the Ukrainian army that drives Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk's passion to secure the release of every single prisoner of war being held in Russia.

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Ukraine Says Russia Beefing Up Its Forces, Agrees Nine Humanitarian Corridors From East

Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk on Sunday said that Kyiv had agreed the use of nine humanitarian corridors to help people to escape heavy fighting in the east of the country, including in private cars from Mariupol. "All the routes for the humanitarian corridors in the Luhansk region will…

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Ukraine agrees nine humanitarian corridors from the east, says deputy PM

The Guardian - AU

War latest: Pope Francis calls for Easter ceasefire – as it happened

Alexander Dvornikov has record of brutality against civilians in Syria, say US officials; Zelenskiy praise comes after Germany said it would stop using Russian oil and coal by the end of the year

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 46 of the invasion

Zelenskiy says Putin targeting ‘whole European project’ as civilians continue to flee eastern parts of Ukraine

Reuters

Ukraine exchanges prisoners with Russia, 12 soldiers coming home - official

Ukraine carried out a prisoner exchange with Russia on Saturday, the third such swap since the start of the war, and 12 soldiers are coming home, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said in an online post.

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