The Latest Breaking News from Mariupol

Mariupol, the Ukrainian city under siege and on its knees with dead bodies ruthlessly left forgotten on its war-torn streets, has just been hit by a bombing of maternity hospital

Communications with civilians in the Ukrainian port city have been cut off for the past week amid Russian shelling.

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk confirmed on Wednesday the opening of humanitarian corridors from Enerhodar, Mariupol to Zaporizhia, from Sumy to Poltava and other Ukrainian cities.

Authorities say at least 17 wounded by airstrikes including women in labour as shelling again halts evacuations

Ukraine accused Russia on Wednesday of bombing a children's hospital in the besieged port of Mariupol during an agreed ceasefire to enable civilians trapped in the city to escape. Russia had said it would hold fire to let thousands of civilians flee Mariupol and other besieged cities on Wednesday. But…

Victoria Zaburyna had urged her 76-year-old mother to flee the Russian forces that now besiege Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine. She replied that the city was still calm and had stayed put.

Ukrainian air defenses appear to have seen "success against Russia's modern combat aircraft," per a U.K. intelligence update.

Ukraine will on Wednesday try to evacuate civilians through six "humanitarian corridors", including from the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.

Ukraine has banned wheat exports in an effort to stave off food shortages, civilians are seeking escape routes and concerns are intensifying over safety at the country's nuclear plants, including Chernobyl