Some 2,000 civilians who were driven from their homes have sheltered in a network of tunnels beneath the plant, an aide to the city’s mayor said.
Tag: Mariupol (Ukraine)
Nurse Recounts Attack on Mariupol Maternity Hospital
The attack last month was among the first signs that Ukraine was facing a merciless war.
Putin Calls Talks a ‘Dead End’ but Limits War Aim to Eastern Ukraine
It was the first time that President Vladimir Putin himself had defined a more limited military goal: taking control of the Donbas region in the east of Ukraine — not the whole country.
U.S., Allies Probe Claim of Chemical Agent in Ukraine
Ukrainian commanders said “a poisonous substance” caused respiratory difficulties and neurological symptoms in a handful of soldiers and civilians.
Far From Defeated, Putin Intends to Escalate War in Ukraine
Austria’s chancellor said after meeting with Mr. Putin that the Russian president had “totally adopted the logic of war.”
Zelensky Responds to Apparent Russian Threat of Chemical Weapons Use
A Ukrainian unit in Mariupol claimed Russian forces had used chemical weapons there. Their report could not be independently confirmed.
In Mariupol’s Drama Theater, a Cry for ‘Mama!’ That Offered Brief Relief
A family shares its story of surviving the Russian attack on a theater that officials in the besieged southern Ukrainian city believe killed about 300 people.
Inside a Maternity Hospital in Ukraine as War Grinds On
As artillery shells fall, pregnant women are delivering prematurely, being shuttled in and out of bomb shelters or having babies in basements without even a midwife to help. Tens of thousands more are displaced.
Up-Close Ukraine Atrocity Photographs Touch a Global Nerve
The apparent execution of Ukrainian civilians by retreating Russian forces, their bodies strewn in streets and yards, has focused attention on what constitutes crimes in war.
Documentary Filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravicius Is Killed in Ukraine
Mr. Kvedaravicius, 45, had spent years covering the conflict in Ukraine. His work included “Mariupolis,” a searing portrait of the southern port city where he died.