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Ukraine working on 'further stages' of Azovstal evacuation - deputy PM

Ukraine is working on "further stages" of the evacuation of fighters defending the Azovstal steel plant in the southern city of Mariupol, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Latest Ukraine updates: Russia withdrawing from around Kharkiv

Ukraine news for May 14: Army says Russian troops are withdrawing from Kharkiv after weeks of heavy bombardment.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine: talks with Russia on getting defenders out of Azovstal very difficult

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk on Friday said negotiations with Russia on getting defenders out of the besieged Azovstal plant in Mariupol were "very difficult" but did not give details.

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Live updates | Ukraine reports more airstrikes on Azovstal

Ukraine’s military says Russian forces are continuing airstrikes on the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol and pressing their advance on towns in eastern Ukraine

The Independent UK

Ukraine proposes swapping injured Azovstal defenders for Russia prisoners

Ukraine has proposed to Russia that badly injured defenders in the Azovstal plant in the port of Mariupol be swapped for Russian prisoners of war, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Fighting rages in Ukraine's east as US warns of long war

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine battled Russian forces in its eastern region Tuesday while overnight missile strikes hit the southern port of Odessa, as the United States warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready for a long war.

AFP

Russia ready for 'long war' in Ukraine, US warns

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - The United States warned Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready for a long war in Ukraine and will not stop at the eastern Donbas region where fighting is currently raging.

AFP

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Ukraine's Odessa reels from strikes, German minister visits

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - The port city of Odessa reeled on Tuesday from Russian missile strikes as Germany's top diplomat became the highest-ranking official from Berlin to visit Ukraine since Moscow's invasion.

AFP

Civilians evacuated from Mariupol plant; Ukraine says it’s mounting a counteroffensive elsewhere

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine announced Saturday that all women, children and older adults had been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant, the last sliver of Ukrainian-held territory in the shattered southern port city of Mariupol, as Ukrainian towns and cities remained on edge for a major Russian holiday dedicated to…

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine: All women, children and elderly evacuated from Mariupol steel plant

The plant was a shelter for thousands of people throughout Russia's siege of the port city.

Axios

Russia-Ukraine war: All civilians evacuate Mariupol’s Azovstal

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says over 300 civilians have been evacuated from Azovstal, pledges to rescue remaining fighters.

Al Jazeera

Civilians evacuated from Mariupol plant; Ukraine says it’s mounting counteroffensive elsewhere

Los Angeles Times

Civilians leave steelworks as Ukraine braces for renewed offensive

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - All vulnerable civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks holdout in Mariupol, Ukraine said Saturday, presaging a showdown between Kyiv's last remaining soldiers there and the besieging Russian forces ahead of celebrations marking the Soviet World War II victory.

AFP

Russia-Ukraine latest news: Women, children out of Mariupol plant

Latest Ukraine news from May 7: All women, children and elderly evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel mill.

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Reuters

Ukraine announces new prisoner exchange with Russia

Russia has handed over 41 people, including 28 military, in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Friday.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: 50 more civilians rescued from Azovstal

Ukraine news from May 6: Eleven children among 50 civilians evacuated from besieged Mariupol steel plant.

Reuters

Ukrainian official says people will be evacuated from Mariupol on Friday

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Thursday that people would be evacuated from the besieged port city of Mariupol on Friday at 1200 local time (0900 GMT).

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Daily Mirror

Moment Russia fires thermobaric weapons on steelworks as contact lost with defenders

Russian troops stormed the plant on April 19 and destroyed large areas, however, pockets of organised resistance fighters remain at the plant

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Pounds Ukraine, Targeting Supply of Western Arms

Russian forces pounded targets across Ukraine, taking aim at supply lines for foreign weapons in the west and intensifying an offensive in the east, as the European Union moved Wednesday to further punish Moscow for the war with a proposed ban on oil imports. The Russian military said Wednesday it…

The Guardian - UK

Orphaned girl taken by Russian soldiers reunited with grandfather

Kira Obedinsky, 12, was taken to Russian-controlled Donetsk after being injured in a blast in Mariupol that killed her father

Reuters

EU prepares next Russia sanctions including German-backed oil ban

The European Union was preparing sanctions on Russian oil sales over its invasion of Ukraine after a major shift on Monday by Germany, Russia's biggest energy customer, that could deprive Moscow of a large revenue stream within days.

Daily Mirror

Pregnant Ukrainian woman among 14 people freed from Russian captivity in prisoner exchange

It comes as deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk accused Russia of using women and other civilians as "hostages" and vowed no more swaps would be carried out without female prisoners included

ABC News

Ukraine latest: Russia strikes Ukraine's east and south, as civilians evacuate from Mariupol steel plant

Russia has carried out missile strikes across southern and eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian officials say, and some women and children were evacuated from a steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol after sheltering there for more than a week.

Reuters

Ukraine exchanges prisoners with Russia, 14 people coming home -deputy PM

Ukraine carried out a prisoner exchange with Russia on Saturday, with seven soldiers and seven civilians coming home, deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk said in a online posting.

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