Summary Companies Russia orders fighters in steelworks to lay down arms Ukraine president says killing soldiers would end peace efforts Putin focuses military push on taking southeastern Donbas region Capture of Mariupol would be Moscow’s biggest prize of war Long-distance strikes continue elsewhere around Ukraine KYIV, April 17 […]
LVIV, Ukraine — Under relentless bombardment and a Russian blockade, the key port of Mariupol is holding out, but weapons and supplies shortages could weaken the resistance that has thwarted the Kremlin’s invasion plans. More than six weeks after the Russian siege began, Ukrainian troops are continuing to fight the […]
LVIV, Ukraine — Nights are spent huddling underground from Russian strikes pounding their encircled city into rubble. Daylight hours are devoted to hunting down drinkable water and running the risk of standing in line for the little food available as shells and bombs rain down. This is what […]
LVIV, Ukraine — Russian forces pushed deeper into Ukraine’s besieged and battered port city of Mariupol on Saturday, where heavy fighting shut down a major steel plant and local authorities pleaded for more Western help. The fall of Mariupol, the scene of some of the war’s worst suffering, would […]
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