Russia’s claim of Mariupol’s capture fuels concern for prisoners of war
The Azovstal steel plant became a symbol of Ukrainian tenacity and its fall delivers Russian President Vladimir Putin a badly wanted victory.
The Azovstal steel plant became a symbol of Ukrainian tenacity and its fall delivers Russian President Vladimir Putin a badly wanted victory.
President Vladimir Putin was told by ministers that the Azovstal steelworks have been ‘completely liberated’.
It comes as the battle for the steel plant in Mariupol is winding down.
It comes as a US Senate delegation led by Republican leader Mitch McConnell met with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine’s capital.
Sgt Vadim Shyshimarin, 21, is accused of shooting a 62-year-old Ukrainian man in the head in the north-east village of Chupakhivka.
Sweden is expected to follow suit within days amid fears triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Finland’s president and prime minister said on Thursday that the Nordic country should apply ‘without delay’ for membership in the Western alliance.
He lost the 1994 presidential election to former prime minister Leonid Kuchma.
The Financial Services and Markets Bill includes plans to ensure people continue to be able to access their own cash with ease.
The national holiday marks Russia’s greatest triumph, over Nazi Germany in 1945.
The mood in Russia this year is very different, because Russian troops are fighting and dying again.
Moscow was aiming to complete its conquest of Mariupol in time for Victory Day celebrations on Monday.
Some 2,000 Ukrainian fighters, by Russia’s most recent estimate, are holed up in a vast maze of tunnels and bunkers beneath the Azovstal steelworks.
Ukraine has urged the West to ramp up the supply of weapons.
The government estimated early on that around 300 people died and has since opened a war crimes investigation, paperwork obtained by the AP said.