- Title: Timeline: A look back at Mariupol nearly six months into war
- Date: 12th April 2022
- Summary: Dozens of evacuees who took refuge for weeks in the bunkers of a steel works in Russian-occupied Mariupol reached the safety of Kyiv-controlled Zaporizhzhia on May 3 where hospitals were ready to treat people for anything from burns to malnutrition. More than 200 civilians remained in the Azovstal steel plant, according to Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boichenko, with a total of 100,000 civilians still in the city that has been devastated by weeks of Russian siege and shelling. ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE (FILE - MAY 3, 2022) (REUTERS) BUSES ARRIVING VARIOUS OF PEOPLE DISEMBARKING FROM BUS
- 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
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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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