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Russians push deeper into Mariupol as locals plead for help

Sunday, 20 March 2022, 06:28 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Russian forces pushed deeper into Ukraine's besieged and battered port city of Mariupol on Saturday, where heavy fighting shut down a major steel plant and local authorities pleaded for more Western...

China reports first Covid-19 deaths in more than a year

Saturday, 19 March 2022, 11:32 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

China's health authorities reported two COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, the first since January 2021, as the country battles its worst outbreak in two years driven by a surge in the highly transmissible...

Putin rallies behind troops while lethal fire rains down

Saturday, 19 March 2022, 05:56 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

As Russian troops rained lethal fire on Ukrainian cities, Vladimir Putin appeared at a huge flag-waving rally to lavish praise on his Russian forces, while Ukrainian’s president accused the...

Live updates: Macron asks Putin to lift siege of Mariupol

Friday, 18 March 2022, 06:21 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

LVIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was thankful to U.S. President Joe Biden for the additional military aid but said he would not say specifically what the new package...

Rescuers search theatre rubble as Russian attacks continue

Friday, 18 March 2022, 06:17 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Rescue workers searched for survivors Thursday in the ruins of a theater blown apart by a Russian airstrike in the besieged city of Mariupol, while scores of Ukrainians across the...

Live updates: Rescue of civilians from bombed theatre begins

Thursday, 17 March 2022, 05:54 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

LVIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian and Russian delegations held talks again Wednesday by video. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's adviser Mikhailo Podolyak said Ukraine demanded a cease-fire, the...

Russian attacks batter Ukraine as Putin warns of 'traitors'

Thursday, 17 March 2022, 05:28 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

A Russian airstrike ripped apart a theater where hundreds of people have been living in the besieged city of Mariupol, Ukrainian officials said, as Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a...

Updated: Russia steps up assaults as Ukraine appeals for more help

Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 05:36 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Ukraine said it saw possible room for compromise in talks with Russia despite Moscow's stepped up bombardment Tuesday of Kyiv and new assaults on the port city of Mariupol, from where an estimated...

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