- Title: Timeline: A look back at Mariupol nearly six months into war
- Date: 12th April 2022
- Summary: Mariupol has been under heavy fire from Russian forces since soon after the war began on February 24. The port is the biggest Ukrainian city on the Sea of Azov, which is connected to the Black Sea by the narrow Kerch Strait. MARIUPOL, UKRAINE (FILE - FEBRUARY 20, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CHILDREN PLAYING ON THE BEACH VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING ON BRIDGE MARIUPOL, UKRAINE (FILE - FEBRUARY 24, 2022) (REUTERS) BLACK SMOKE AND FIRE SEEN AT AIRPORT SMOKE / AIRPORT ANTENNA BLACK SMOKE AND FIRE SEEN AT AIRPORT MARIUPOL, UKRAINE (FILE - FEBRUARY 24, 2022) (REUTERS) TRACKING SHOT OF UKRAINIAN MILITARY TANK AND ARMOURED VEHICLE PARKED ALONG THE STREET / UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS WALKING AROUND VEHICLES FILMED THROUGH CAR WINDOW TRACKING SHOT OF TRAFFIC LIGHT / PEOPLE CROSSING ROAD FILMED THROUGH CAR WINDOW MARIUPOL, UKRAINE (FILE - FEBRUARY 24, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE QUEUING TO WITHDRAW MONEY FROM ATM ELDERLY WOMAN WALKING PAST QUEUE AT ATM
- 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
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- Country: Ukraine
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe
- Reuters ID: LVA001000806042022RP1
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Wednesday (August 24) marks six months since the start of the war in Ukraine.
Moscow launched what it called its "special military operation" against Ukraine on February 24. Kyiv and its allies say Ukraine was invaded without provocation.
The struggle for Mariupol, a once bustling city of 430,000 on the shores of the Sea of Azov left it pulverised and with an estimated population in the tens of thousands.
Russia seized full control of Mariupol in May when more than 2,400 Ukrainian fighters surrendered at the besieged Azovstal steelworks.
The United Nations says 90% of the city's buildings were destroyed after Russia used tanks, artillery and air strikes to try to dislodge its defenders.
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