The Latest Breaking News from Mariupol

A humanitarian convoy was attacked near the besieged city of Mariupol

The United States has assessed that Russian military forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Wednesday, referring to a review of “countless accounts and images of destruction”. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog for the latest updates on the situation in Ukraine [Paris time].

Mariia Moskalenko said: ‘It’s so hard to believe this is happening… the Russians are destroying everything’

Volodymyr Zelenskiy voices concerns for seized humanitarian convoy and decries ‘constant bombing’ of besieged Mariupol

Mariia Moskalenko said: ‘It’s so hard to believe this is happening… the Russians are destroying everything.’

Russian forces bombed areas of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Wednesday and U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Brussels for a series of summit meetings on the war while NATO's chief said the alliance was bolstering battle groups in Eastern Europe.

LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces defending the capital, Kyiv, managed to wrest back control of a strategic outlying town that Russian troops had earlier captured, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday, but invading troops were reported to have breached the besieged port city of Mariupol, scene of some of the war’s most…

“Bombs fall every 10 minutes,” says a commander of the Ukraine fighting force that is now part of the national guard.

With communications disrupted and movement restricted, details about the horror that is unfolding in Mariupol come as anecdotes, uncertain estimates and unverifiable claims. WARNING: This story contains content which may be distressing for some readers.