Mariupol

03 May 2022, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia: A group of Mariupol residents, including Azovstal evacuees who spent almost two months in the shelter at the steelworks, arrive in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. Photo: -/Ukrinform/dpa.

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Russia says 265 Ukrainian fighters captured from Mariupol steel plant

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/17/22

Meanwhile, in the western Russian region of Kursk, on the border with Ukraine, several buildings were attacked by the Ukrainian side, according to Russian sources

HANDOUT - 26 April 2022, Ukraine, Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) gives an iPad to Ilya Matvienko, who is being treated at Okhmatdyt National Children's Specialized Hospital in Kiev. The boy is one of two orphans evacuated during the Russian attack on the city of Mariupol. Photo: Ukraine Presidency/Planet Pix via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

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About 100 civilians escape Mariupol steel plant, Zelensky says

The Nomad Today 5/2/22

"We will continue to do everything to evacuate our people from Azovstal, from Mariupol in general," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

29 March 2022, Ukraine, Mariupol: A woman makes her way out of Mariupol on foot after heavy bombardment left much of the city in ruins. The battel between Russian/Pro Russian forces and the defencing Ukrainian forces lead by Azov battalion continues in the port city of Mariupol. Photo: Maximilian Clarke/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

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Putin cancels storming of Mariupol defenders' steel plant stronghold

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/21/22

"Block this industrial area so that even a fly can't get in or out.," Putin said

03 April 2022, Ukraine, Mariupol: A pro-Russian soldier lies dead in the city centre in Mariupol. Photo: Maximilian Clarke/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa - ACHTUNG: Graphic Content.

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Ukrainian troops in Mariupol ask to be evacuated to a third country

The Nomad Today 4/20/22

The city and the port are largely considered to have been destroyed

23 March 2022, Ukraine, Mariupol: Burned buses are seen in front of a destroyed residential complex in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Photo: Maximilian Clarke/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

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Donetsk separatist leader: "port of Mariupol under Russian control"

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/11/22

The separatists have been fighting with the support of the Russian army to capture Mariupol, which is strategically important due to its location on the Sea of Azov.

03 April 2022, Ukraine, Mariupol: The bodies of a civilians lay in an intersection in the centre of Mariupol as a Donetsk People's Republic fighter stands guard. Photo: Maximilian Clarke/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa - ACHTUNG: Graphic Content.

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Separatists claim control of Mariupol as fresh evacuation bids begin

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/7/22

The city administration, which has fled, believes that tens of thousands of civilians have already been killed in the battle for the city

06 March 2022, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia: Anti-tank obstacles, known as Czech hedgehogs, block a street near a convoy of buses ready to take off for besieged Mariupol to deliver humanitarian aid and evacuate people. Photo: -/Ukrinform/dpa.

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Russian troops advance as Zelensky signals willingness to compromise

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/10/22

Kiev said Russian forces had bombed a maternity hospital in Mariupol, injuring 17 people. The United Nations and aid organizations condemned the attack, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres…