Mariupol

Mariupol played a key role in the industrialization of Ukraine and was a centre for the grain trade metallurgy and heavy engineering including the Illich Steel Iron Works and Azovstal. 1 day agoThere are growing signs Russia could be on the brink of fully capturing Mariupol the besieged southern port city which has suffered a devastating six-week assault.

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23 hours agoMariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko told AP on April 13 that at least 10000 civilians -- and perhaps as many as 20000-- had been killed in.

. 2 days agoThe latest doomed reports from Mariupol a lynchpin between Russian-held areas to the west and east come after alarming reports that Russia may have used chemical weapons in. Officially Ukraines armed. 2 days agoUkraine is investigating a claim that a poisonous substance was dropped on besieged Mariupol as Western officials warned that any use of chemical weapons by Russia would be a serious escalation.

2 days agoWith fighting in eastern Ukraine expected to intensify the fate of Mariupol is once again in the spotlight. Not only was Mariupol a centre for trade. Ukrainian forces have held out.

1 day agoIn the town of Mariupol near the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works as a result of successful offensives by Russian armed forces and Donetsk Peoples. Ukrainian marines defending the besieged city of Mariupol from Russian forces have issued a desperate video appeal saying they have run out of supplies and feel forgotten as they prepare to. 1 day agoOn March 2 a week after the Russian invasion of Ukraine Moscows artillery begins pounding Mariupol a predominantly Russian-speaking city of 441000 inhabitants some 55 kilometres 35 miles.

Mariupol was founded on the site of a former Cossack encampment known as Kalmius and granted city rights in 1778. Mariupol lies on Ukraines southern coast between the separatist-controlled Donbas region and the Crimean Peninsula which Russia annexed in 2014. If Mariupol falls Russia will have successfully.

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