The Latest Breaking News from Mariupol

Russian President Vladimir Putin alone can decide the fate of the 100,000 civilians still trapped in Ukraine's war-torn Mariupol, Mayor Vadym Boichenko told Reuters on Thursday, saying that satellite images of a mass grave site were proof Russians were burying bodies to try to hide the death toll.

An adviser to Mariupol's mayor has released horrifying new photos showing newly built mass graves in the besieged city, which Russian troops are reportedly filling up with bodies

The United States understands that Ukrainian forces still hold ground in Mariupol and Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim to have liberated the city is disinformation, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.

Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters remain in bunkers inside a steel works in Mariupol as Russian authorities declared their forces had taken control of the city.

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday claimed the "liberation" of the flattened city of Mariupol after nearly two months of fighting, demanding its trapped Ukrainian defenders be sealed into their underground last stand.

Russia has claimed control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, but President Volodymyr Zelensky says as many as 120,000 civilians remain trapped there, including hundreds in bunkers below the Azovstal steelworks. Is this the shape of things to come in other cities in the Donbas region now targeted by…

Western officials said President Putin may want to score a military success ahead of May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow.

Vladimir Putin ordered his forces to block off the industrial area of Mariupol so that nobody could escape. He claimed his decision was being made to safeguard the lives of Russian soldiers

Russian President Vladimir Putin is claiming control over Ukraine’s seaside city of Mariupol even as its defenders are holding out inside a massive steel mill near the water