The Latest Breaking News from Serhiy Volyna

A video believed to be from inside the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol shows people huddling in darkness and covered in rubble after the makeshift hospital was blasted by a Russian bomb

Casualties unknown after morning airstrikes fell within an hour of each other, say officials

The Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in the southern port city of Mariupol is one of the last standing Ukrainian strongholds in the city but is now totally surrounded by Russian forces

Major Serhiy Volyna’s plea came as there was a successful partial evacuation of Mariupol during a temporary ceasefire. Russia said it had hit 1053 Ukrainian military facilities

A few dozen civilians have managed to leave the important Ukrainian port of Mariupol, escaping the fiercest battle of the nearly eight-week-long war.

Marine commander appeals for help as another Russian ultimatum calling for remaining troops in city to surrender expires

Capturing the key port city would mark a major victory for Russian forces.

Shelling and strikes in Donbas increasing but Russians hampered by logistical problems, Ministry of Defence claims

About 1,000 civilians remain trapped at a steel plant where Ukrainian forces are making their last stand in the besieged city of Mariupol, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday. Ukraine blamed Russian forces for failing to respect a temporary ceasefire. Follow the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog.…