Ukraine’s health ministry said it has limited access to information from Mariupol, but has conducted testing in Ukraine-held territory and not uncovered any cases Earlier this week, the UN said that water had mixed with sewage in Mariupol, increasing the risk of a cholera outbreak EDITOR’S PICK Ukraine War: Western Nations Promise To Send More, … Read more
For months the troops had been holed up in the huge complex, preventing Russia from establishing complete control over the city Friday’s evacuation marks the end of the most destructive siege of the war… EDITOR’S PICK Ukraine War: West Must ‘Prepare For War’, Says Ex-Nato Chief As Putin Unleashes Cruise Missiles In Ukraine Elon Musk … Read more
Mariupol is an important strategic hub connecting the Russian-held southern and eastern parts of Ukraine The United Nations had confirmed that a “safe passage operation is ongoing” at Azovstal which was being coordinated by the ICRC and Russian and Ukrainian forces EDITOR’S PICK Elon Musk Stages $43bn Hostile Takeover Of Twitter Ukraine Crisis: Russia In … Read more
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Some 4.8 million of Ukraine’s 7.5 million children have been displaced since the start of the war, according to the UN The US and Britain say they are looking into reports that chemical weapons have been used by Russian forces attacking Mariupol EDITOR’S PICK: Fake Corper Nabbed At Orientation Camp, Stolen Phones Recovered Man Gets … Read more
Ukraine’s President Zelensky said Europe was “a little too late” to stop the Russian invasion. The school was hit five days ago. Officials estimated about 400 people were sheltering there EKO HOT BLOG reports that Mariupol city council has said that it now believes about 300 people died in a Russian attack on a theater … Read more
Ukraine’s president says Russia’s attacks on the southern port city of Mariupol will be remembered for centuries Volodymyr Zelensky alleges that Russia committed war crimes in the city, where heavy fighting has now reached the centre EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Mariupol city council says Russian forces bombed a school where 400 people were … Read more
Fourth Russian army general Major General Oleg Mityaev has been killed by Ukrainian resistance forces in the besieged city of Mariupol. Ukrainian officials say they have killed a fourth Russian general in a sign that Moscow’s commanders are increasingly being forced to lead from the front. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Anton Gerashchenko, an advisor … Read more
At least three people were killed, including a young girl, in an attack Wednesday on a children’s hospital in Mariupol in southern Ukraine In 24 of the reported attacks, health care facilities were damaged or destroyed, while in five cases ambulances were hit… EKO HOT BLOG reports that UN agencies on Sunday called for an … Read more
Ukraine says more than 1,500 civilians have died in a near two-week siege, which has left the city without water or heat, and running out of food Attempts to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people have repeatedly failed EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russian air strikes killed nine people at a military base outside Ukraine’s … Read more
President Volodymyr Zelensky says that 1,300 Ukrainian troops have died in the conflict so far People in the city of Mariupol are said to be enduring freezing temperatures with no power, and little food and water EKO HOT BLOG reports that about 1300 Ukrainian troops have been killed since Russia invaded its pro-Western neighbour, the … Read more
Intense fighting is reported north west of Ukraine’s capital as reports suggest the bulk of Russian forces are now just 25km from the city Russia has accused Ukraine of rejecting nearly all its offers to provide humanitarian corridors from flash-point towns EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russian forces have shelled a mosque in the southern … Read more
Three people were killed in an attack on Ukraine’s children’s hospital They were killed in an attack on a children’s hospital in Mariupol in southern Ukraine. EKO HOT BLOG reports that no fewer than three people were killed, including a young girl, in an attack on a children’s hospital in Mariupol in southern Ukraine, local … Read more
Ukraine says continued Russian shelling has again stopped residents leaving the besieged city of Mariupol as well as Izyum near Kharkiv A maternity ward and a children’s ward have been destroyed in a Russian air strike on a hospital in the southern city of Mariupol EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United States has warned … Read more
Russian troops continue to face stiff resistance from the Ukrainians across the country both military and civilian and have yet to overthrow the government in Kyiv. Ukraine’s president has claimed nearly 9,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the invasion of his country began a week ago. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke … Read more