The Latest Breaking News from 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.

Battle for Mariupol is believed to have left Kyiv’s forces running short of ammunition and food

More than 1,000 Ukrainian marines have surrendered in the port of Mariupol, Russia's defense ministry said on Wednesday, signalling that it had moved closer to capturing the ruined city, its main strategic target in eastern Ukraine. Taking the Azovstal industrial district, where the marines have been holed up, would give…

Chechen troops are fighting alongside Russian forces in one of the war's bloodiest inch-by-inch battles.

Moscow insists its offensive is unfolding as expected despite withdrawal and heavy losses

Russia said on Wednesday that claims by the United States and Ukraine that Russia could use chemical weapons in Ukraine were disinformation because Moscow destroyed its last chemical stockpiles in 2017. Ukraine's defense ministry said on Tuesday that it was checking claims that Russia may have used chemical weapons in…

Russia has allegedly used banned weapons several times in the past, including in the 2002 Moscow hostage crisis.

Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday that 1,026 soldiers of Ukraine's 36th Marine Brigade, including 162 officers, had surrendered in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.

Aiden Aslin took an oath to defend Ukraine after falling in love with a woman who he is due to marry