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Ukraine's deputy defense minister has expressed hope that the 264 Ukrainian fighters evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol will be exchanged ...

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But Kyiv refuses to say how many soldiers are still trapped, saying such information is "sensitive".

Otherwise, she said, "the fate of these very brave men will be absolutely unknown and will be in Russian hands, which is far from an ideal situation". You can also get in touch in the following ways: Meanwhile, the office of Russia's prosecutor general has asked the country's Supreme Court to declare the unit a "terrorist organisation" in an apparent attempt to prevent its fighters being treated as conventional prisoners of war. Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko told the BBC it was essential that the deal struck with Russia, with the help of the Red Cross and the UN, went through and the soldiers were exchanged. Describing the fighters as "our heroes", Ms Maliar stressed that the operation was the only way to save them, adding that a "military deblockade" was simply impossible. Ukraine is doing "everything possible and impossible" to save the remaining fighters trapped in Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks, a senior official has said.

MARIUPOL, Ukraine: More than 250 Ukrainian fighters surrendered to Russian forces at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol after weeks of desperate resistance ...

A final vote on the package is possible later this week. Ukraine said 264 soldiers, including 53 wounded, had left. The complete capture of Mariupol is Russia's biggest victory since its Feb 24 invasion. What will happen to the fighters was unclear. Reuters saw buses leave the steelworks late on Monday in a convoy escorted by Russian armoured vehicles. Advertisement

Ukrainian forces have completed their "combat mission" in Mariupol, according to a statement by the country's military, bringing the months-long battle for ...

Russian TV network RT on Monday showed video of around 10 to 12 buses leaving the steel plant. "The 82nd day of our defense is coming to an end. It was the only way out," Malyar said during a briefing at the Media Center Ukraine. But this day, like all others, is aimed precisely at saving our country and our people," Zelensky said. "Another 211 people were taken to Olenivka through the humanitarian corridor." There could be no other way to rescue them than the way it is happening now.

Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters have surrendered at Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks, bringing an end to the most devastating siege of Russia's war in Ukraine.

"The work continues to return guys home. Some of the evacuated troops were wounded and carried out of the buses on stretchers to the hospital. On that day civilians arrived by bus in Zaporzhizhia and Bezimenne, which was the start of a "safe passage operation" coordinated by the UN and ICRC. The word "children" was written on the ground outside in Russian to deter an attack. Doctors at the time said women were on the verge of giving birth when a shockwave shattered glass and the ceramic lining of a room. Russia began what it called its "special military operation" in Ukraine on February 24 and the siege of Mariupol started that same day.

After almost three months of intense bombardment, thousands of reported deaths and countless tales of horror and starvation, the battle for the city of ...

Many said they took shelter in basements for days on end to hide from the unrelenting artillery fire. In both cases, the Russian military left destruction in its wake, bombing civilian areas with little regard for casualties. Mariupol's mayor has estimated that 90% of the city's infrastructure has been damaged, 40% of it beyond repair. Ukraine's military announced late Monday that its forces had completed their "combat mission" at the sprawling Azovstal steelworks plant, which was for weeks the last major holdout in a city otherwise occupied by Russian troops. But keeping the city under Moscow's thumb will also take substantial resources. Mariupol became a symbol of Ukrainian resistance during weeks of relentless Russian attacks.

Ukrainian forces have completed their "combat mission" in Mariupol, according to a statement by the country's military, bringing the months-long battle for ...

Russian TV network RT on Monday showed video of around 10 to 12 buses leaving the steel plant. "The 82nd day of our defense is coming to an end. It was the only way out," Malyar said during a briefing at the Media Center Ukraine. But this day, like all others, is aimed precisely at saving our country and our people," Zelensky said. "Another 211 people were taken to Olenivka through the humanitarian corridor." There could be no other way to rescue them than the way it is happening now.

KYIV: Even as the Kremlin prepares to take full control of the ruins of Mariupol city, it faces the growing prospect of defeat in its bid to conquer all of ...

"It's very clear they're preparing for at least some kind of measures to call up men with prior service experience. There's going to be a hard fight and potentially a long fight. "It's going to be a hard fight. "They're dealing with a dramatically weakened force, probably substantially reduced morale. Around a third of the Donbas was held by Russia-backed separatists before the invasion. They're running out of particularly advanced missiles.

Ukraine says its combat mission in Mariupol is over, evacuating soldiers from the Azovstal steel plant and effectively ceding the port city to Russia.

The city's leaders pleaded for aid, hardly any of which was able to make it through. Most military experts and officials in the West say the Russian invasion has been botched. More than 260 soldiers had been evacuated from the steel mill, 50 of whom were seriously wounded, and taken to Russian-controlled territory, it said. NBC News has not verified the number of deaths. Mariupol, once home to 400,000 people, is just 30 miles from the Russian border, and it was an early target for the invasion. Ukraine said its focus was now on evacuating the troops from the Azovstal steel plant, where they have been holed up under fire.

Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after they were evacuated from the besieged Mariupol Azovstal steel plant, near a remand prison in Olyonivka, in territory ...

"Thanks to the defenders of Mariupol, Ukraine gained critically important time," she said. Under constant Russian shelling, which Ukraine estimates has killed 20,000 civilians in Mariupol, much of the city has been reduced to rubble. Ukrainian authorities said they were working to remove its remaining soldiers from the steel mill, but it was not clear how many remained. To bring the boys home, the work continues, and this work needs delicacy. Russia called the operation a mass surrender. And time."

Russia now occupies the strategic Ukrainian city after months of bombardment; here's what it took for some Ukrainians to get out.

“We aren’t going to be able to go today,” Max insisted. “It’s terrifying even to look out into the forest,” he said. “It’s terrifying to have to distract your child from the dead,” he said, weeping. And you know, if the mound of dirt is small, it’s a child.” Max said he didn’t really know what to do. They made it through checkpoints and the filtration center with little friction, presumably because they had a newborn and a small child in tow. You don’t have to come,” he said. After little George arrived, the small family waited two weeks with a relative in Mariupol before making an attempt to escape the war. He didn’t want to talk about what or whom he had left behind. “When are you coming?” Other families have told us the experience at “filtration centers” includes mundane, long waits, extensive document checks and sometimes more nefarious examinations. “Mariupol!” said Max, 64, as the Viber app tune blared from his mobile phone.

Ukrainian forces, which were encircled in Mariupol for more than ten weeks, inflicted costly losses on Russian invaders while defending the city.

This frustrated its early attempts to capture a key city and inflicted costly personnel losses amongst Russian forces," the UK’s Ministry of Defence posted on Currently, about 100,000 civilians stay in blocked Mariupol. Mariupol has no energy, water and gas supply. Mariupol mayor earlier said that up to 20,000 civilians had died in the city since the Russian invasion.

Russian President Vladimir Putin may have to decide whether to send in more troops and hardware to replenish his dramatically weakened invasion force as an ...

"It's very clear they're preparing for at least some kind of measures to call up men with prior service experience. There's going to be a hard fight and potentially a long fight. This is an artillery war." "It's going to be a hard fight. Around a third of the Donbas was held by Russia-backed separatists before the invasion. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that "everything is going to plan...

Ukraine's defense of Mariupol is officially over after the final remnants of its armed forces surrendered at the Azovstal steel plant on Tuesday. The ...

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MARIUPOL: Nearly 700 more Ukrainian fighters surrendered at the Mariupol steelworks in the past 24 hours, Russia said on Wednesday (May 18), but leaders ...

The steelworks surrender in Mariupol allows Putin to claim a rare victory in a campaign which has otherwise faltered. Stoltenberg said he thought the issues could be overcome. Ratification of all 30 allied parliaments could take up to a year, diplomats say. Reuters journalists have filmed buses bringing captured fighters to both locations. Ukraine said it would not reveal how many were there until the operation to rescue all of them was complete. The Ukrainian defence ministry, which has so far confirmed only about 250 having left the plant, did not immediately respond to a written request for comment.

Ukrainian forces have been holed up at a steel plant with Russia in control of the rest of the city.

You have both made your own choice after thorough democratic processes, and I warmly welcome the requests by Finland and Sweden to join NATO.” Their applications must be approved by all 30 of the existing NATO members. Under constant Russian shelling, which Ukraine estimates has killed 20,000 civilians in Mariupol, much of the city has been reduced to rubble. “Thank you so much for handing over the applications for Finland’s and Sweden’s membership in NATO. Every nation has the right to choose its own path. Russia called the operation a mass surrender. Ukrainian officials have not confirmed the figures.

Russia says 265 Ukrainian fighters, who had for months been defending Mariupol's last stronghold, have surrendered.

“It is not for us to define the objectives that our Ukrainian partners seek to achieve,” Price told reporters. The post did not provide further details of the alleged attacks. The fall of Mariupol appears at hand as Ukraine is moving to abandon the Azovstal steel plant where its soldiers had held out for months. “The IOC should ban the Russian team now. “It is the task of the Ukrainian government, which is in turn expressing the will of the Ukrainian people.” “My biggest concern is that I don’t think this represents a nationalist foreign policy. I’m a nohttps://t.co/qHno86Qllj The $40 billion Ukraine bill represents a return to nation building. So they are trying to show success through their missiles and other activities,” Zelenskyy added. “This terrible conflict in Ukraine has underlined what can be achieved through a cohesive global approach. “Actions speak louder than words. He said the strikes were Russia’s attempt to “compensate” for failures in the east and south of the country.

Ukrainian fighters leave steel plant they had held for months.

Elsewhere across the Donbas, eight civilians were killed Tuesday in Russian attacks on 45 settlements in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said. He said the border regions of Ukraine saw Russian “sabotage activity.” Throughout the war, Ukraine has claimed to have killed many Russian generals and other officers. Ukraine has accused Russian forces of torturing and killing civilians. About two dozen Ukrainian fighters were seen in one of the buses. Gaining full control of Mariupol would give Russia an unbroken land bridge to the Crimean Peninsula, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, and deprive Ukraine of a vital port. It was impossible to confirm the total number of fighters brought to Olenivka or their legal status. The detainees include about 30 volunteers who delivered humanitarian supplies to Mariupol while it was under siege, she said. More than 50 of the fighters were seriously wounded, according to both sides. The Ukrainians expressed hope that the fighters would be exchanged for Russian prisoners of war. Close to 600 people may have been killed at the theater. An additional seven buses carrying an unknown number of Ukrainian soldiers from the plant were seen arriving at a former penal colony Tuesday in the town of Olenivka, approximately 88 kilometers (55 miles) north of Mariupol.

The fate of Ukrainian fighters who emerged from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol remains uncertain.

The fight: A slowly regenerating Russian army is making incremental gains in eastern Ukraine against valiant but underequipped Ukrainian forces. Before the evacuation, Moscow may have created expectations that Russian forces would destroy the outgunned Ukrainian forces in Mariupol, according to analysts at the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank. Some pro-Russian social media users denounced the deal for their evacuation as handing Kyiv a propaganda victory or called for the deaths of the fighters. In Moscow, the speaker of the Russian State Duma, or lower house, Vyacheslav Volodin, said Tuesday that Ukrainian “Nazi criminals” should not be a part of an exchange, while a lawmaker proposed banning a swap. People who made it out of the plant recounted surviving the siege in a fetid bunker without sunlight, as food and water supplies dwindled. Russia’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday that another 694 Ukrainian fighters left the plant over the last day.

MARIUPOL: Russia said on Wednesday (May 18) nearly 700 more Ukrainian fighters had surrendered in Mariupol, but Kyiv was silent about their fate, ...

The siege was Europe's deadliest battle at least since wars in Chechnya and the Balkans of the 1990s. It will more than double the alliance's land border with Russia and give NATO control over nearly the entire coast of the Baltic Sea. Turkey has surprised its allies in recent days by saying it will block the Nordic members' accession unless they do more to crack down on Kurdish militants on their territory. Russia's ministry of defence said 694 more fighters had surrendered overnight, bringing the total number of people who had laid down arms to 959. "The state is making utmost efforts to carry out the rescue of our servicemen. More than a day after Kyiv announced it had ordered its garrison in Mariupol to stand down, the ultimate outcome of Europe's bloodiest battle for decades remained unresolved.

Fate of soldiers leaving Azovstal site unclear and numbers not confirmed by Ukraine.

The Azov regiment was formed in 2014 as a volunteer militia to fight Russia-backed forces in east Ukraine, and many of its original members had far-right extremist views. The Russian Duma is expected to discuss the subject on Wednesday and potentially accept a new resolution that would ban prisoner exchanges of Azov fighters. Speaking at an educational forum in Moscow, Kadyrov said Russian forces were facing some “difficulties” in Ukraine as a result of Nato arms deliveries to the country. Ukraine’s deputy defence minister said on Tuesday the soldiers would be swapped in a prisoner exchange, but a number of Russian officials on Wednesday repeated statements made a day earlier by other hardliners that the soldiers should be tried. “As for war criminals as well as those who are nationalists, their fate, if they laid down their arms, should be decided by the courts,” he said. In one, a soldier said he was being treated “normally”, adding that he was not being psychology pressured.

TOKYO -- The Ukrainian fighters being evacuated from a steel plant in Mariupol fulfilled their combat mission successfully, Mayor Vadym Boyc.

Kyiv was silent about their fate, while a pro-Russian separatist leader said commanders were still holed up in tunnels beneath the giant Azovstal ...

The siege was Europe’s deadliest battle at least since wars in Chechnya and the Balkans of the 1990s. Finland, which shares a 1,300-km (810-mile) border with Russia, and Sweden were both militarily non-aligned throughout the Cold War, and their decision to join the alliance represents the biggest change in European security for decades. Turkey has surprised its allies in recent days by saying it will block the Nordic members’ accession unless they do more to crack down on Kurdish militants on their territory. Russia’s ministry of defense said 694 more fighters had surrendered overnight, bringing the total number of people who had laid down arms to 959. More than a day after Kyiv announced it had ordered its garrison in Mariupol to stand down, the ultimate outcome of Europe’s bloodiest battle for decades remained unresolved. “The state is making utmost efforts to carry out the rescue of our servicemen.

KYIV/MARIUPOL — Moscow said nearly 700 more Ukrainian fighters had surrendered in Russian-held Mariupol as it shored up a key gain in the south, ...

"Most of the shelling today was conducted in Severodonetsk and villages nearby... The West and Kyiv call that a false pretext for invasion. "The Ukrainian people... "The state is making utmost efforts to carry out the rescue of our service personnel," military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzaynik told a news conference. Ukrainian resistance continues in Russian-occupied territory. Advertisement