Tag: Mariupol

Ukraine crisis: Putin visits Russia-occupied Mariupol

Russian President Vladimir Putin has paid a surprise visit to Mariupol -- the Ukrainian port city captured by Russian forces, the media reported. The visit is believed to be Putin's first to a newly-occupied Ukrainian territory.

March 19, 2023

School bombed

The school, which had provided shelter to at least 90 people, was hit by a Russian bomb that set the building ablaze for four hours.

May 11, 2022

Evacuation to continue from Ukraine’s Mariupol

Ukrainian authorities will on Monday the evacuation of people stranded in the besieged city of Mariupol which began the previous day, head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak said.

May 2, 2022

Mariupol on edge

Clearly, President Putin is intent on asserting control of a strategic city that Russia has failed to fully capture despite two months of bombardment that have killed tens of thousands of civilians.

April 24, 2022

Putin orders troops to block Azovstal plant in Mariupol

Shoigu had previously told Putin that more than 2,000 Ukrainian fighters were still in the plant, which has an extensive underground bunker.

April 21, 2022

Russian troops to ban movement in Mariupol for ‘infiltration’ operation

Andriushchenko noted that the "infiltration" procedure is already at full speed.

April 16, 2022

Residents in Ukraine’s Mariupol who escaped Russian bombs starving to death

Turkey, however, has opposed sanctions against Russia, although President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called Moscow's aggression in its neighbour "unacceptable."

March 20, 2022