The Latest Breaking News from Mariupol

Russian state television has shown what it claims to be more than 1,000 Ukrainian marines surrendering as the defence ministry says that the port in Mariupol has now fallen

The Moskva missile cruiser, Russia's Black Sea flagship, has been severely damaged with a Ukrainian official having said it was hit by missile but Moscow claims ammunition on board blew up

Russia is warning NATO it will bolster its military defence if Sweden and Finland join the bloc.

Here's your TL;DR for this morning's news.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asks for weapons donations, as Russia makes advances in Izium and Mariupol.

Mariupol's mayor says 21,000 civilians have been killed during weeks of intense Russian bombardment in the city, while 100,000 people are still waiting to be evacuated

DNIPRO, Ukraine — As Russia faced new international condemnation Wednesday over mounting evidence of atrocities by its troops, Moscow asserted that more than 1,000 Ukrainian troops in Mariupol had surrendered, dealing what would be a heavy blow to defenders’ desperate efforts to hold the strategic southern port city.

DNIPRO, Ukraine — As Russia sharply rejected President Joe Biden’s description of its wartime acts as “genocide,” Moscow on Wednesday asserted it had captured more than 1,000 Ukrainian troops in Mariupol, dealing what would be a heavy blow to defenders’ desperate efforts to hold the strategic southern port city.

Zenger News obtained the images from the Russian Ministry of Defense along with a statement, on Wednesday, 13th April.

Moscow is claiming that 1,026 Ukrainian troops have surrendered in the besieged city of Mariupol.

DNIPRO, Ukraine — Russia asserted Wednesday that more than 1,000 Ukrainian troops in Mariupol had surrendered, dealing what would be a heavy blow to defenders’ desperate efforts to hold the strategic southern port city. But the claim could not be verified, and Ukraine said the battle continued.