Timeline: A look back at Mariupol in ruins as Russia-Ukraine conflict enters 100th day

Record ID: 1675550

  • Title: Timeline: A look back at Mariupol in ruins as Russia-Ukraine conflict enters 100th day
  • Date: 12th April 2022
  • Summary: Three buses carrying 79 evacuees fleeing the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol arrived on Thursday (April 21) to the city of Zaporizhzhia after numerous unsuccessful attempts to flee the city due to the ongoing shelling. ZAPHORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE (RECENT - APRIL 21, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BUSES CARRYING EVACUEES FROM MARIUPOL ARRIVING VARIOUS OF EVACUEES BEING REGISTERED EVACUEES WALKING THROUGH PARKING LOT EVACUEES ENTERING TENT FOR REGISTRATION Russian emergency workers retrieved the bodies of Mariupol's dead on Thursday (April 21) as Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the port city of Mariupol "liberated" after nearly two months of fighting. MARIUPOL, UKRAINE (RECENT - APRIL 21, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY WORKERS CARRYING BODY OUT OF BUILDING BODY BEING CARRIED AWAY ON A STRETCHER EMERGENCY WORKERS AND MILITARY OFFICERS STANDING BY VEHICLE MARKED WITH LETTER 'Z' BODY BEING LOADED ONTO VEHICLE MARKED WITH LETTER 'Z' VEHICLE DRIVING AWAY
  • Embargoed: 26th April 2022 02:55
  • Keywords: Azovstal Illich Ilyich Mariupol Russian invasion Ukraine damage defence of Mariupol destroyed evacuation residential buildings steel plant war
  • Location: VARIOUS LOCATIONS
  • City: VARIOUS LOCATIONS
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe
  • Reuters ID: LVA00K000806042022RP1
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  • Story Text: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES AND PROFANE LANGUAGE. PART AUDIO QUALITY AS INCOMING FOR SHOT 109.
    Very complex talks are underway to evacuate a large number of wounded soldiers from a besieged steelworks in the strategic southeastern port of Mariupol in return for the release of Russian prisoners of war, Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskiysaid late on Friday (May 13).
    Mariupol, which has seen the heaviest fighting in nearly three months of war, is now in Russian hands but hundreds of Ukrainian defenders are still holding out at the Azovstal steelworks despite weeks of heavy Russian bombardment.
    Russia, which initially insisted the defenders in the sprawling Soviet-era bunkers beneath the steel works give themselves up, has said little publicly about the talks.
    Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk told local TV on Saturday that efforts were now focused on evacuating about 60 people, comprising the most seriously wounded as well as medical personnel.
    Many of those still in the plant are members of the Azov Regiment.
    Deputy commander Sviatoslav Palamar said his forces would continue to resist as long as they could.
    Fierce Ukrainian resistance, which analysts say Russian President Vladimir Putin and his generals failed to anticipate when they launched the invasion on February 24, has slowed and in some places reversed Russian advances elsewhere in Ukraine too.
    As well as losing large numbers of men and much military equipment, Russia is also reeling from economic sanctions.
    The Group of Seven (G7) leading Western economies pledged in a statement on Saturday to "further increase economic and political pressure on Russia" and to supply more weapons to Ukraine.
    Moscow's invasion, which it calls a "special operation" to disarm Ukraine and protect it from fascists, has jolted European security, prompting Finland - which shares a long border with Russia - and most likely Sweden to abandon their long-cherished military neutrality and seek NATO membership.
    (Production: Natasa Bansagi, Kristian Brunse, Nasaybah Hussain, Ben Dangerfield, Paul Warren, Gabriela Boccaccio)
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