The Latest Breaking News from Mariupol

LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials claimed Saturday they had clawed back most of Kyiv and its surroundings even as they warned of executions in which civilians were bound and shot as well as renewed Russian pushes in the eastern region that is home to separatists loyal to Russia.

LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russian troops were seeding northern areas of Ukraine with land mines as Moscow increasingly focused its offensive thrust on the eastern Donbas region — home of two self-proclaimed republics loyal to Russia.

As Dmytro Kartavov and his family joined thousands of people trying to flee the bombed-out city of Mariupol, one additional obstacle awaited as Russian troops sought to identify anyone fighting with Ukrainian forces defending the city.

Russian missile strikes hit an oil refinery and three fuel storage facilities that were used by Ukraine to supply its troops.

A photo claiming to show the Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov has made the rounds on social media and on international media outlets. In the photo, Kadyrov is said to be praying in a petrol station in Mariupol, the Ukrainian port city where Chechen fighters are currently helping…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned his people early Saturday that retreating Russian forces were creating “a complete disaster” outside the capital as they leave mines across “the whole territory,” even around homes and corpses. He issued the warning as the humanitarian crisis in the encircled city of Mariupol deepened, with…

Ukraine expects good news over the weekend regarding evacuations of people from the besieged southeastern city of Mariupol, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelesnskiy said on Saturday.

Ukraine’s president says the Russians are leaving mines as they withdraw; central cities hit by new missile strikes

Ukraine has regained control of "the whole Kyiv region" after invading Russian forces retreated from some key towns near the Ukrainian capital, deputy defence minister Ganna Maliar said on Saturday. But as Moscow’s forces retreated to eastern and southern Ukraine, there was growing evidence of civilian killings in the Kyiv…