The Latest Breaking News from Mariupol

Kramatorsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine received fighter jets to help resist the Russian invasion, as Moscow intensified its offensive in the east where a besieged officer in Mariupol warned Wednesday his forces were facing their "last days, if not hours".

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Determined to seize control of Ukraine’s industrial heartland, Russia on Tuesday intensified its assaults across the country’s east while keeping up the bombardment of Ukrainian forces in the besieged southern port of Mariupol.

President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed that his troops would withstand the advance as Russia launched a fresh offensive

Shaun Pinner, 48, and Aiden Aslin, 28, have been taken captive by Russia

US President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have pledged more artillery weaponry for Ukraine.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for a four-day Orthodox Easter humanitarian pause in fighting in Ukraine to allow for the safe passage of civilians to leave areas of conflict and the delivery of humanitarian aid to hard-hit areas. Guterres said the United Nations was submitting detailed plans to…

About 120 civilians living next to the Azovstal steel works in the besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol have left via humanitarian corridors, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday, quoting Russian state TV.

The Ukrainian port city of Mariupol could fall to Russian forces within days, a European official said on Tuesday, saying it may suffer more than the town of Bucha, where Russian forces have been accused of atrocities that the Kremlin has denied.

Photo and art exhibition at Ukraine Embassy showcases destruction and civilian deaths due to the war