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The siege of Mariupol began on 24 February 2022 and lasted until 20 May, as part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It saw fighting between the Russian Armed Forces (alongside the Donetsk People's Republic People's Militia ) and the Ukrainian Armed Forces for control over the city of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine.
On the following day, the siege of Mariupol was formally concluded as the Ukrainian military personnel in the city's Azovstal agreed to gradually evacuate and surrender to the Russian forces. [ 140 ] [ 142 ] Four days later, the Russians announced that they had taken an additional 2,439 Ukrainians prisoners in Mariupol, bringing the total ...
A downtown street during the siege of Mariupol Aftermath of a rocket strike in the Odesa region, 16 May 2022. According to the Mariupol City Council, 2,357 civilians had been killed during the city's siege. [170] Following a renewed missile attack on 14 March in Mariupol, the Ukrainian government claimed more than 2,500 deaths in the city. [171]
Aid workers describe 'apocalyptic' scenes in Mariupol, a Ukrainian city under siege Marquise Francis,Sam Matthews,Yahoo News Photo Staff March 9, 2022 at 1:28 PM
Associated Press video journalist Mstyslav Chernov had just broken out of Mariupol after covering the first 20 days of the Russian invasion of the Ukrainian city and was feeling guilty about leaving.
The AP’s reporting from Mariupol drew the Kremlin’s ire, with its U.N. ambassador, Vasily Nebenzia, falsely claiming during a Security Council meeting in the siege’s early days that photos ...
Citing eyewitnesses, Mariupol internet publication 0629 reported that "terrorists took Demidenko's dead body and cut his ears off and gouged his eyes." [15] Eight soldiers were also wounded in the fighting. [11] The Mariupol city administration declared 10 May 2014 as a day of mourning in honour of those killed in the 9 May incident. [61]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said early Sunday the siege of the port city of Mariupol would go down in history for what he said were war crimes committed by Russian troops. “To do ...