The Latest Breaking News from Azovstal

As a large-scale Russian propaganda campaign gets under way, fighting continues in the steel plant in Mariupol. Plus, Karine Jean-Pierre named new US press secretary

The close-quarter battle inside the Azovstal factory the last Ukrainian stronghold of the strategic port city

Convoy of buses left port city on Wednesday, says Donetsk governor

Leader of Ukrainian forces says they are engaged in ‘difficult bloody battles’ against Russian troops, as another 344 civilians are evacuated

The Azovstal Iron and Steel Works was the last remaining stronghold under the control of Ukrainian troops in the southern port city.

Around 100 civilians were successfully evacuated from the steel works during a brief ceasefire before Vladimir Putin’s troops again blocked escape routes out of the ruined city with more shelling

The first civilians evacuated from the bombed-out steel plant that has become the last stronghold of Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol slowly made their way toward safety Monday, as others who managed to escape the city described terrifying weeks of bombardment and deprivation. More than 100 civilians - including elderly women…

Ukrainian authorities are planning to evacuate more civilians from Mariupol on Monday, after dozens were finally brought to safety following weeks trapped under heavy fire in the strategic port city's Azovstal steel complex. The plant has endured a Russian blockade since Moscow's invasion on February 24, with stories of the…

Zelenskiy said about 100 civilians evacuated after weeks sheltering in the Azovstal complex would arrive in Zaporizhzhia on Monday