Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Zaporizhzhia

Kyiv says top US officials to visit, Odessa attack kills eight

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - Kyiv prepared on Saturday for its first wartime visit from two top US officials, as Ukraine accused Russia of killing six people in a strike on Odessa that all but buried hopes of a truce for Orthodox Easter.

AFP

Ukraine says Mariupol evacuation thwarted, six killed in Odessa

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukrainian officials Saturday accused Russia of thwarting a fresh attempt to evacuate civilians from Mariupol and killing six people in a strike on Odessa, all but burying hopes of a truce for Orthodox Easter.

AFP

'Fierce' fighting rages in eastern Ukraine as Russia presses campaign

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - "Fierce battles" raged in eastern Ukraine on Saturday all but killing hopes of an Easter truce as officials said they would make a fresh attempt to evacuate civilians from the war-torn city of Mariupol.

AFP

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Ukraine aims to evacuate civilians from Mariupol as Russia presses campaign

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine said it would make a fresh attempt on Saturday to evacuate civilians from Mariupol, the devastated port city largely controlled by Russian forces, as hopes for a weekend truce during Orthodox Easter faded.

AFP

Hopes wane for Ukraine Easter truce as Russia presses campaign

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - Hopes for a weekend truce in Ukraine to celebrate the Orthodox Easter faded with talks between Moscow and Kyiv stalled as Russia said it aimed to take full control over the east and south of its neighbour.

AFP

Motivated but outgunned: Ukrainian soldiers discuss life on the southern front

Troops tell of facing tanks and planes while armed only with rifles as they attempt to thwart Russia’s attack

The Guardian - UK

Russia vows to win 'full control' of east, south Ukraine

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russia said Friday it would fight to take control over all east and south of Ukraine but Kyiv pledged to save the country, as the UN documented dozens of civilians killed in one town.

AFP

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Russia vows bigger Ukraine assault as UN documents killings

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russia said Friday it intended a full-bore assault to carve out a sizeable slice of Ukraine, but Kyiv pledged to fight to save the country, as the UN documented dozens of civilians killed in one town.

AFP

First Thing: Russia to stage sham referendum in south Ukraine, says Zelenskiy

Ukrainian leader tells residents in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia not to give personal information to Russian forces. Plus, 350,000 fewer American kindergarteners vaccinated against common diseases

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war latest: UN secretary general set to meet Putin and Zelenskiy – as it happened

Invasion of Ukraine ‘intended only as a beginning’, president says, as Moldova summons Russian ambassador over military commander’s comments on breakaway region

The Guardian - UK

Mariupol 'continues to resist', Ukrainian president says

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - The devastated city of Mariupol "continues to resist" despite Russian claims to have captured it, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday as he welcomed fresh US aid to help confront Moscow's eastern offensive.

AFP

Russia claims Mariupol 'liberated,' US rushes new aid for Ukraine

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.

AFP

Russia claims Mariupol 'liberated' as US rushes new aid for Ukraine

AFP

Russia claims Mariupol 'liberated' but West hails Ukraine's resistance

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday claimed the "liberation" of the flattened city of Mariupol after nearly two months of fighting, but signalled he would forgo a final bloody offensive against beleaguered Ukrainian defenders there.

AFP

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

AFP

Defenders of Ukraine's Mariupol defiant, call for security guarantees

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine's last defenders in devastated Mariupol are refusing to surrender, but have appealed for security guarantees, with Russian forces on the brink of taking complete control of the strategically vital city.

AFP

Ukraine calls for talks in teetering Mariupol as Moscow holds ICBM test

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine called Wednesday for urgent negotiations with Russia in Mariupol, which appeared close to falling after weeks of siege, as Vladimir Putin flexed his military muscle with the test launch of a new, nuclear capable ICBM.

AFP

Mariupol civilian rescue fails as Russia closes in

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - A desperate attempt to evacuate civilians from Mariupol failed Wednesday as the strategic Ukrainian port appeared close to finally falling under Russian control after weeks of relentless attack.

AFP

Troops defending battered Mariupol plead for outside help

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - Besieged Ukrainian troops defending Mariupol called desperately for outside help Wednesday, warning the strategic port could fall within hours as Russia demanded they surrender and the latest civilian evacuation bid failed.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

AFP

Russia closes in on Ukraine's besieged Mariupol

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - Mariupol could fall into Russian hands within "hours", a Ukrainian official said, as the enemies agreed Wednesday to a humanitarian corridor for civilians to flee the devastated port city following a two-month siege.

Wales Online

President Zelensky calls for quicker sanctions from West and outlines Donbas fears - full speech in English

He was speaking on the 53rd day of the Russian invasion of his country

The Guardian - UK

‘The Russians are trying to obliterate us. You think that we’d agree to half-measures now?’

Ivan Fedorov, the exiled mayor of occupied Melitopol, says the battle for Donbas is also a fight for global security

France 24

War in Ukraine: Mariupol evacuees 'exhausted psychologically, physically'

Seven buses and dozens of cars transporting evacuees, mostly from the devastated, besieged southeastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, reached the city of Zaporizhzhia in an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convoy on Wednesday. Lucile Marbeau, spokesperson for the ICRC's regional delegation, spoke to FRANCE 24 from eastern Ukraine's…

Reuters

Russia says it destroyed fuel storage facilities in four Ukrainian cities

The Russian defence ministry said on Thursday its missiles had destroyed four fuel storage facilities in the Ukrainian cities of Mykolayiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Chuhuiv overnight.

AFP

Red Cross evacuee convoy arrives from Russian-held city

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - A Red Cross convoy arrived in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday after failing to reach the besieged port city of Mariupol, an AFP journalist on the scene reported.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine live news: UN suspends Russia from rights council

Ukraine news from April 7: UN members vote 93-24 in favour of a resolution suspending Russia from UN human rights body.

1 … 48 49 50 51

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

International Monetary Fund

International Committee of Red Cross

38 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.