The Latest Breaking News from Mariupol

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…

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

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

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

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…

Russia moved to obstruct the flow of Western weapons to Ukraine by bombarding rail stations and other supply-line targets across the country

About 200 people are still trapped in the sprawling Azovstal steel plant as Russians intensify assault.

Russian forces practise nuclear-capable missile strike

Russian and Ukrainian forces remain engaged in ‘bloody battles’ inside Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol as 344 more people are evacuated

Scores of Ukrainians remained trapped on Thursday in a Mariupol steel works that has been rocked by heavy explosions as Russian forces fought for control of Ukraine's last stronghold in the ruined city and the United Nations rushed to evacuate civilians.

Ukraine news May 5: UN says third convoy on way to evacuate civilians from ‘hell’ of the besieged Azovstal steel plant.