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U.N. again trying to evacuate civilians from Ukraine's Mariupol

A third operation is under way to evacuate civilians from the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and the besieged Azovstal steel plant, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday.

Reuters

How a massive steel plant became the center of Ukraine's resistance in Mariupol

The final battle for Mariupol is taking place inside the Azovstal steel plant, a massive coastal complex in the besieged city. Hundreds of civilians are still trapped inside, officials say.

WEKU

Zelenskyy pleads for evacuations as battle rages at last Mariupol holdout

KYIV, Ukraine — As Russian troops mounted a new push Thursday to seize control of the besieged city of Mariupol, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded for a cease-fire to allow the evacuation of hundreds of civilians trapped beneath a steel plant in a sprawling complex of subterranean bunkers and tunnels.

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Putin ‘apologises to Israel’ after minister claimed Hitler was Jewish

Israeli PM said he accepted apology on behalf of Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov

The Independent UK

Putin hopes to claim Mariupol as key prop in Victory Day celebrations

As large-scale propaganda campaign gets underway, fighting continues in the Azovstal steelworks

The Guardian - UK

Israel Says Putin Apologized for Foreign Minister’s Hitler Remarks

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said he accepted an apology from Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday for controversial remarks about the Holocaust made by Moscow's top diplomat. The two leaders talked over the phone, after which an Israeli statement said Putin had apologized. However, the Russian statement about the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

After fleeing Mariupol, sisters hope for reunion with mother they left behind

A month after fleeing the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol with her sister, 21-year-old Nicole breaks down in tears as she thinks of her mother, who they left behind and have since lost contact with.

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Putin's commanders to 'dress Ukrainian civilians in uniform and pose as POWs' in parade

The advisor to Mariupol’s mayor confirmed he had heard Russians intend to put Ukrainian Army uniforms on captured civilians for a twisted “parade of prisoners" on May 9

Daily Mirror

Putin says Russia ready to provide safe passage for civilians in Mariupol's Azovstal

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in a phone call on Thursday that Russia was still ready to provide safe passage for civilians from the besieged Azovstal steel works in the Ukrainian port of Mariupol, the Kremlin said.

Reuters

VIDEO: Russian Troops Attack Azovstal Plant To Suppress Surprise Attack

The video was filmed at the Azovstal iron and steelworks plant in the city of Mariupol.

Zenger

Fighting blocks evacuation attempts at Mariupol steel works, fighter says

A Ukrainian fighter holed up in a vast steel works in the southern city of Mariupol accused Russian forces of breaking a promise to allow a ceasefire on Thursday so that civilians could be evacuated.

Reuters

Zelenskyy pleads for evacuations as battle at last Mariupol holdout rages

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded Thursday for a cease-fire to allow the evacuation of civilians trapped in a sprawling complex of underground bunkers and tunnels beneath a Mariupol steel plant, where fighters continue to try to fend off the Russian troops who have taken over the rest…

Los Angeles Times

The kidnapping of Ukraine’s ‘Angels of Taira’ medic

The husband of decorated volunteer medic Yulia Pajevska who was abducted in mid-March shares his fears for her safety.

Al Jazeera

Russia opens artillery barrages in south and east Ukraine

Confusion reigns over fighting at Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol as war shifts to grinding artillery duel

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Evening Standard

Mariupol offensive to help Putin mark May 9 Victory Day

He’ll boast of land corridor on Russian national holiday predicts former top UK general

The Independent UK

Fresh attempt to free hundreds of civilians trapped in steelworks amid heavy fighting in Mariupol ‘hellscape’

The city has become ‘the heart’ of the war, a Ukrainian official says

Reuters

Russia denies troops storming Azovstal, says Putin order still stands

The Kremlin denied that Russian troops were storming the Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine's southern port city of Mariupol, where Ukrainian fighters and civilians are trapped, and said humanitarian corridors were operating there on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

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

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First Thing: Joe Biden says ‘Maga crowd’ could target LGBTQ+ children next

President warns of new Republican party attacks on rights after supreme court abortion leak. Plus, Amber Heard takes witness stand against Johnny Depp

Al Jazeera

Timeline: Week 10 of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Al Jazeera recaps key events of week 10 of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mariupol Steel Mill Battle Rages as Ukraine Repels Attacks

Heavy fighting raged Thursday at the shattered steel plant in Mariupol as Russian forces sought to finish off the city’s last-ditch defenders and complete the capture of the strategically vital Ukrainian port. The bloody battle came amid growing suspicions that President Vladimir Putin wants to present the Russian people with…

Axios

Heavy fighting reported at Mariupol steel plant as Ukraine races to save trapped civilians

Russia said it will hold daytime ceasefires for 3 days from this morning.

The Independent UK

Live updates | Ukraine: 11 attacks repelled in Donbas region

Ukraine’s General Staff says the country’s forces made some gains on the border of the southern regions of Kherson and Mykolaiv and repelled multiple Russian attacks in the east

The Independent UK

Easy out from steel mill seen as unlikely for Ukraine troops

With the evacuation of some civilians from a sprawling steel mill besieged by Russian forces in the port of Mariupol, attention is turning to the fate of hundreds of Ukrainian troops still inside after weeks in the plant's warren of underground tunnels and bunkers

France 24

Live: Poland says more than €6 billion raised at Ukraine donor conference

An international donor conference collecting funds for Ukraine raised more than 6 billion euros to help the war-torn country, Poland said on Thursday, as fighting continued at a besieged steel plant in Ukraine's Mariupol despite a Russian pledge to open humanitarian corridors for civilians to flee. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog…

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