The Latest Breaking News from Mariupol

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…

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.

New evidence suggests death toll could be double that cited so far

Ukraine’s forces are making ‘superhuman efforts to contain the pressure of the enemy’, a commander said

Human rights groups say the Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to thousands of disabled Ukrainian children being abandoned in institutions that can't look after them.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday asked United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for help saving people trapped in the Azovstal steel works in Mariupol, Zelenskiy's office said in a statement.

Russian forces have entered the territory of Mariupol's Azovstal plant, Ukraine's ruling parliamentary faction head David Arakhamia said in a Wednesday evening comment to RFE/RL.