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Ukraine Says New Mariupol Evacuation Has Begun, Despite Reports of Fighting
Date: May 6, 2022
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said a new attempt had begun on Friday to evacuate scores of civilians trapped in a ruined steel works in the city of Mariupol, after bloody fighting with Russian forces thwarted efforts to bring them to safety the previous day. Mariupol, a strategic southern port on the Azov Sea,...
Russia Fires More Rockets at Steel Plant, Some Evacuees Reach Safety
Date: May 3, 2022
By Joseph Campbell and Alessandra Prentice ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia unleashed rockets on Tuesday on an encircled steel works in Mariupol, Ukraine’s last redoubt in the port city, after a ceasefire broke down with some civilians still trapped beneath the sprawling site despite a U.N.-brokered evacuation. However, scores of evacuees who managed to leave under...
Sinn Fein Eyes Milestone Election Victory in Push for Irish Unity
Date: May 3, 2022
By Amanda Ferguson and Clodagh Kilcoyne BELFAST (Reuters) – Sinn Fein, the former political wing of the IRA, is on course to become the biggest party in Northern Ireland’s government after Thursday’s election, a milestone in its quest for a united Ireland. The one-time political pariah has an 8-point advantage ahead of the May 5...
Ukraine and Russia: What You Need to Know Right Now
Date: May 3, 2022
(Reuters) – Russia launched an assault on the encircled Azovstal steel works in Mariupol, Ukraine’s last redoubt in the port city, after a ceasefire broke down on Tuesday with some 200 civilians trapped underground despite a U.N.-brokered evacuation. FIGHTING * At least nine civilians were killed by Russian fire in the Donetsk region of eastern...
Ukraine and Russia: What You Need to Know Right Now
Date: May 2, 2022
(Reuters) – In a major shift, Germany said it was prepared to back an immediate European Union embargo on Russian oil, possibly paving the way of imposing such a ban within days, while efforts to evacuate civilians from devastated Ukrainian port city of Mariupol ran into delays. FIGHTING * A Russian rocket strike hit a...
More Than 3,000 Civilians Killed in Ukraine so Far: UN
Date: May 2, 2022
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights office (OHCHR) said on Monday that the death toll of civilians killed in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion on Feb. 24 had exceeded 3,000 people. The toll of 3,153 killed so far represents an increase of 254 from Friday. OHCHR said that the real toll...