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Russia pounded Ukrainian forces with airstrikes and artillery in the east and the south, targeting command centres, troops, and ammunition depots, the Russian defence ministry said on Sunday.

Russia’s claimed seizure of a Mariupol steel plant that became a symbol of Ukrainian tenacity gives Russian President Vladimir Putin a badly wanted victory in the war he began, capping a nearly three-month siege that left a city in ruins and more than 20,000 residents feared dead. After the Russian…

Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters defending the last holdout in Mariupol were evacuated to areas controlled by Russian-backed separatists and officials worked Tuesday to get the rest out, signaling the beginning of the end of a siege that became a symbol of Ukrainian resistance. Russia called the operation a mass surrender.

A Russian lawmaker taking part in peace talks with Kyiv said on Tuesday that Russia should consider the death penalty for what he called nationalist fighters from Ukraine's Azov regiment.

Zenger news obtained the film from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Russian Federation on Tuesday, May 10.

Russia is creating new-generation hypersonic missiles to carry out strikes from air, land and sea, the Interfax news agency quoted deputy prime minister Yuri Borisov as saying on Monday

Russian troops started shelling and bombing the Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine's southern port city of Mariupol after Ukrainian soldiers used a ceasefire to take move into firing positions there, the RIA news agency quoted the Russian Defence Ministry as saying on Tuesday.

The Iskander mobile rocket system can be seen approaching the forest launch site covered in camouflaged netting.

The Sarmat missile can carry up to 15 nuclear warheads and has a range of 35,000km (22,000 miles).