Timeline: Six months since Russia took control of Mariupol

Record ID: 1985417

  • Title: Timeline: Six months since Russia took control of Mariupol
  • Date: 12th April 2022
  • Summary: Fighting for control of this strategic Ukrainian port city ended two months ago with victory for Russia after thousands were killed and hundreds of thousands forced to flee. On a recent visit by Reuters reporters, who were free to speak to locals and were not escorted by Russian-backed officials, residents said they were struggling to get by despite efforts by the city's R
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  • 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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    Sunday (November 20) marks six months since Russia took control of Mariupol.
    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.
    Residents of Mariupol cast their votes in September in what Russia says are referendums aimed at annexing four occupied regions of Ukraine.
    Kyiv has condemned the vote, and the West has said it will not recognise the outcome of what it regards as illegal sham referendums.
    (Production: Natasa Bansagi, Kristian Brunse, Nasaybah Hussain, Ben Dangerfield, Paul Warren, Gabriela Boccaccio, Olga Vyshnevska)
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