According to an Elysée Palace statement, French President Emmanuel Macron offered Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky additional weapons in the next days during a phone chat between the two leaders. Macron confirmed that France’s arms supply will “continue and intensify in the days and weeks ahead, as will the delivery of humanitarian goods.” During a European … Read more
The Russian army said Tuesday its forces and pro-Moscow separatists have been the usage of artillery and planes to goal Azovstal, the metallic plant within the town of Mariupol wherein Ukrainian warring parties are making their closing stand. The Russian defence ministry accused contributors of the Azov battalion and other Ukrainian troops of the use … Read more
In a cooperative effort with the Red Cross, the UN claimed Tuesday that 101 residents had been “successfully evacuated” from the Azovstal plant’s tunnels in Ukraine’s ravaged city of Mariupol. “I am pleased and relieved to confirm that 101 civilians have successfully been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol,” Osnat Lubrani, the UN’s … Read more
A convoy of 106 individuals evacuated from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol is due to arrive later Tuesday. Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, claimed that Russian forces were preventing hundreds of others from leaving Mariupol and other Russian-occupied locations. “Hundreds more women, children and the elderly are under the rubble,” she said. She further … Read more
An operation changed underway Sunday for civilians to go away from the besieged Azovstal metallic plant in the Ukrainian port metropolis of Mariupol, a UN spokesman said. “UN confirms that a safe passage operation is ongoing in Azovstal steel plant, in coordination with the ICRC and the parties to the conflict,” spokesman Jens Laerke said. He … Read more
The process of evacuating residents from Mariupol is currently underway, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). A spokesperson said, “The ICRC confirms that a safe passage operation is ongoing, in coordination with the UN and the parties to the conflict.” The convoy to evacuate civilians started on 29 April. It travelled … Read more
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said after talks in Kyiv on Thursday that intense discussions were continuing to enable the evacuation of a steel plant where fighters and civilians are holed up in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol amid Russia’s brutal invasion. The meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky followed talks with Russian President Vladimir … Read more
A large steel factory in Mariupol, where the city’s final defenders and some residents are holed up, was pounded by Russian forces on Wednesday, according to a local official. Despite Russian President Vladimir Putin claiming there was no need to storm the Azovstal complex after declaring victory in Mariupol, an assistant to the city mayor, … Read more
One of the last Ukrainian defenders in Mariupol told the BBC that the besieged steelworks where they are holed up is entirely devastated above ground, while people are trapped beneath collapsed structures. Svyatoslav Palamar of the infamous Azov regiment stated that they had repulsed rounds of Russian strikes from the Azovstal facility, the remaining uncontrolled … Read more
Moscow: Vladimir Putin praised Russia’s “liberation” of Mariupol on Thursday after Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed him that Moscow has control of the Ukrainian port city except for the Azovstal steel complex. Moscow’s takeover of Mariupol on the Azov Sea would be a major strategic achievement, allowing Moscow to connect occupied Crimea to the pro-Russian … Read more
Azovstal is an iron and steel plant. It is a massive compound resting on a four square miles in the southeastern corner of the port city, Mariupol. Mariupol’s fate lies in the plant. Ukraine continues to resist the attacks, and the forces have consolidated around the factory, taking safety measures to protect the plant. However, … Read more
