mariupol
Putin arrived in Mariupol by helicopter and then drove himself around the city’s “memorial sites,” concert hall and coastline, Russian news reports said.
Before she was captured, Taira had recorded more than 256 gigabytes of harrowing bodycam footage showing her team’s efforts to save the wounded in the besieged city of Mariupol.
In Ukraine's coastal city of Mariupol, Ukrainian security forces attempted to take back the city's police department from Pro-Russian rebels.
The Russian-battered eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk appeared to be on the brink of becoming another Mariupol as services and aid have been cut.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Three-month siege killed an estimated 20,000 civilians. Ukraine has not yet confirmed.
Battered by their monthslong siege of the vital port city of Mariupol, Russian troops need time to regroup, Britain’s Defense Ministry said in an assessment.
Yuliia Paievska recorded her team's frantic efforts over two weeks to bring people back from the brink of death in Mariupol. Now, she's in Russian hands.
Despite the setback in Mariupol, Ukraine’s confidence has been growing after fighting the Russian offensive to an effective standstill.
Ukrainian fighters extracted from the last bastion of resistance in Mariupol were taken to a former penal colony in enemy-controlled territory.
“It was really offensive to hear that, because I actually lived through it all,” Marianna Vyshemirsky told the BBC.