Timeline: A look back at Mariupol nearly six months into war

Record ID: 1686236

  • Title: Timeline: A look back at Mariupol nearly six months into war
  • Date: 12th April 2022
  • Summary: Russian forces continued to bombard the Azovstal steelworks, with explosions ringing out and thick smoke rising. The Azov Regiment holed up inside it said Russia was bombing and trying to storm the facility after taking almost full control of the city. MARIUPOL, UKRAINE (FILE - MAY 12, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DAMAGED AZOVSTAL STEEL PLANT AND INDUSTRIAL AREA AROUND IT Russian forces intensified their bombardment of the steelworks on May 13. MARIUPOL, UKRAINE (FILE - MAY 13, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PLANT VIEWS, SMOKE RISING NEAR MARIUPOL, UKRAINE (FILE - MAY 13, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF COLUMN OF RUSSIAN FORCES ON MOVE FROM MARIUPOL TO DONETSK
  • 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: LVA00W000806042022RP1
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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.
    (Production: Natasa Bansagi, Kristian Brunse, Nasaybah Hussain, Ben Dangerfield, Paul Warren, Gabriela Boccaccio, Olga Vyshnevska)
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