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Putin’s forces launch ‘powerful assault’ as evacuees tell of horror of months in besieged steelworks

A look at the latest headlines from the conflict in Ukraine as civilians who have been trapped in a steel plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol for nearly two months have been evacuated.Residents fleeing the besieged city have described weeks of being bombarded by Russian troops as they arrived…

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European Commission expected to propose sixth package of sanctions this week as hopes rise of more Mariupol evacuations

A senior U.S. official is warning that Russia plans to annex large portions of eastern Ukraine later this month

Governor says rocket strike hit Black Sea port city, causing deaths and injuries

Evacuees from besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol reach Zaporizhzhia; Russia attacks steel works where 200 people remain trapped

LVIV, Ukraine — As battered, sun-starved Ukrainians trickled out from the ruins of the port city of Mariupol, Russian forces Monday pressed new bombing runs in the east and south of the country and U.S. officials warned Moscow will attempt to annex larger chunks of territory it occupies.

Around 100 civilians were successfully evacuated from the steel works during a brief ceasefire before Vladimir Putin’s troops again blocked escape routes out of the ruined city with more shelling