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Vladimir Putin orders Russian troops to block Azovstal plant in Mariupol so 'not even a fly can escape'

Several thousand Ukrainian soldiers - and around 1,000 civilians - are said to be sheltering in the Ukrainian city's huge steel plant

Irish Mirror

Putin orders blockade of Mariupol steelworks ‘so a fly can’t get through’

Russian president tells forces that storming last Ukrainian stronghold in port city would be ‘impractical’

The Guardian - 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.

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Ukraine news - live: Russia ‘attempts to storm’ Mariupol plant as mass graves found

Putin said he called off attack on Azovstal hours earlier

The Independent UK

Putin hails 'liberation' of Mariupol, cancels plans to storm steel plant

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered the Russian military to cancel plans to storm the Azovstal plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and said he wanted it to continue to be hermetically blockaded instead.

Bangkok Post

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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.

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Russia says Mariupol city has fallen with 2,000 fighters surrounded in factory

Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu has told Vladimir Putin that the southern port city of Mariupol in Ukraine has fallen into Russian hands following two months of brutal fighting

Daily Mirror

Putin Cancels Russian Plans to Storm Mariupol Steel Plant, Opts for Blockade Instead

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered the Russian military to cancel plans to storm the Azovstal plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and said he wanted it to continue to be hermetically blockaded instead. Putin gave the order to Sergei Shoigu, his defense minister, who had previously…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin cancels Russian plans to storm Mariupol steel plant, opts for blockade instead

Reuters

Putin orders Russian forces not to storm Mariupol holdout, but "block it off"

President Zelenskiy said about 1,000 civilians are sheltering at a steel plant in Ukraine's final stronghold in Mariupol.

Axios

Ukraine's Mariupol defenders 'may have only hours left' amid Russia's relentless attacks

Mariupol's fall is getting closer after Putin boasted about missile test

Wales Online

Putin tells Russian troops to blockade Mariupol ‘so that not even a fly comes through’

Russian leader hailed the operation in the devastated city, which has claimed thousands of lives, a ‘success’

The Independent UK

Biden announces more military aid, questions Russian claims of controlling Mariupol

US President Joe Biden on Thursday authorised another $800 million in military aid for Ukraine, citing a "critical window" in the conflict as Russia conducts a major offensive in eastern Ukraine. The new military package will include heavy artillery, 144,000 rounds of ammunition and tactical drones, Biden said. Follow the…

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The Guardian - UK

US officials dismiss Putin’s claim that his forces have ‘liberated’ the port city of Mariupol as disinformation – as it happened

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The Independent UK

Relentless attacks pound last defenders holed up in Mariupol

New Russian attacks are pounding the last Ukrainian stronghold in the besieged city of Mariupol

The Independent UK

Ukraine news - live: Mariupol to fall before lunch, claims Kadyrov

Boris Johnson says peace talks being held back by ‘crocodile’ Vladimir Putin

Daily Mirror

Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov says Mariupol will fall today in chilling warning

Mariupol would be the biggest city to be seized by Russia since invading Ukraine eight weeks ago in an attack that has taken longer than some military analysts expected

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The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 57 of the invasion

Putin orders forces not to storm last stronghold in Mariupol as US pledges further $800m in military assistance

Reuters

Putin claims victory in Mariupol; Ukrainian fighters hold on

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory on Thursday in the biggest battle of the Ukraine war, declaring the port city of Mariupol "liberated," although hundreds of Ukrainian troops and civilians were still holding out inside a giant steel works.

Los Angeles Times

Ultimatum ignored in Mariupol as attacks intensify in east Ukraine

RUBIZHNE, Ukraine — Russia tightened its grip Wednesday around Ukraine’s last stronghold in the besieged port of Mariupol, whose desperate defenders, holed up in underground shelters beneath a massive steel plant, pleaded for international help, declaring that they were “probably facing our last days, if not hours.”

Reuters

Chechen chief Kadyrov: Russia forces will control Mariupol steelworks Thursday -Interfax

Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Russia's republic of Chechnya, said Russian forces would be in complete control of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol on Thursday.

ABC News

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Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Zelenskyy calls for more weapons

Ukraine news from April 21: Addressing Portuguese parliament, Ukraine president says Kyiv needs arms to defend itself.

ABC News

Russian forces continue offensive in Ukraine's east as Zelenskyy vows to bring war criminals to justice — as it happened

Ukraine's military says it is continuing to hold off Russian attacks in the country's east, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vows to bring Russian soldiers to justice for war crimes committed during the invasion.

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