The Latest Breaking News from Mariupol

Vladimir Putin is said to be focused on taking total control of the Donbas region. Ukraine fears Russian troops in Transnistria - believed to number around 1,300 - could open another front in the war

Russia's defense ministry said on Friday that Ukrainian fighters and foreign mercenaries had been "securely blockaded" at the Azovstal steel plant where they have been holding out in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. President Vladimir Putin had ordered his defense minister on Thursday to block off the vast Azovstal complex…

The images appear to show up to 200 graves in the town of Manhush near Mariupol

Britain’s defense ministry says Russia’s decision to stop trying to take a staunchly defended steel plant in Mariupol is an effort to free up troops for deployment in other parts of eastern Ukraine

The mayor of Mariupol made a new appeal on Friday for the "full evacuation" of the southern Ukrainian city which President Vladimir Putin says is now controlled by Russian forces.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin were to visit Kyiv on Sunday to discuss Ukraine's request for more powerful weapons after two months of combat with invading Russian forces. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced the visit.

Orthodox Christians, the largest religious group in Russia and Ukraine, celebrate Easter on Sunday.

New satellite images show what appear to be mass graves near Mariupol, and local officials accused Russia of burying up to 9,000 Ukrainian civilians there in an effort to conceal the slaughter taking place in the siege of the port city. The images emerged Thursday, just hours after Russian President…

Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to blockade the Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine likely indicates a desire to contain resistance in Mariupol, a British military update said on Friday.