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

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.

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

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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…

France 24

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 Guardian - 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

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

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

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

The Guardian - AU

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.

Reuters

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.”

Los Angeles Times

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.

Reuters

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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.

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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.

Los Angeles Times

Ultimatum ignored in Mariupol as attacks intensify in east Ukraine

RUBIZHNE, Ukraine — Russia delivered what it said was a last-chance surrender ultimatum Wednesday to Ukrainian forces in the besieged port of Mariupol, whose desperate defenders, pleading for international help, declared that they were “probably facing our last days, if not hours.”

Los Angeles Times

Ultimatum ignored in Mariupol as attacks intensify in east Ukraine

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Reuters

Ukraine ready to hold special talks with Russia in Mariupol - negotiator

Ukraine is ready to hold a "special round of negotiations" with Russia in the besieged city of Mariupol without any conditions, negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak tweeted on Wednesday.

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian commander begs world for help as terrified civilians trapped in steel plant

Major Serhiy Volyna’s plea came as there was a successful partial evacuation of Mariupol during a temporary ceasefire. Russia said it had hit 1053 Ukrainian military facilities

Evening Standard

Thousands of civilians left trapped in Mariupol after evacuation stalls

President Zelensky has suggested he is willing to swap Russian prisoners in exchange for safe passage for trapped civilians

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Pressures Mariupol as it Focuses on Ukraine’s East

Russian forces tightened the noose around die-hard Ukrainian defenders holed up at a Mariupol steel plant Wednesday amid desperate new efforts to open an evacuation corridor for civilians trapped in the ruined city, a key battleground in Moscow’s drive to seize the country's industrial east. As the holdouts came under…

Al Jazeera

Timeline: Week eight of Russia’s war in Ukraine

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

Al Jazeera

‘Massive obliteration’ if Russia fails to take Ukraine’s east

New war phase begins with Russia focusing on Ukraine’s east and south as the West steps up arms deliveries.

Reuters

Mariupol evacuation corridor did not work as planned -Ukraine's deputy PM

Ukraine's deputy prime minister said on Wednesday that an agreed humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol had not worked as planned, blaming Russian forces for not holding their ceasefire.

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