mariupol
Early Tuesday, Ukrainian troops drove Russian forces from the Kyiv suburb of Makariv after a fierce battle, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said.
"We were the last journalists in Mariupol. Now there are none." Associated Press journalists describe their harrowing escape as Russia began hunting them.
The heat on the train was as thick as the anxiety as Ukrainian survivors of one of the most brutal sieges in modern history fled to the safer western city of Lviv.
It was the second time in less than a week that city officials said a public building where residents had taken shelter had been attacked.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Heavy fighting shut down a major steel plant in the southern city, which would be a big prize for Russian forces.
The Ukrainian theater was serving as a bomb shelter until it was hit by Russian forces this week in what has been decried as a war crime.
The bodies of the children all lie here, dumped into this narrow trench hastily dug into the frozen earth of Mariupol to the constant drumbeat of shelling.
New satellite photos appear to show that a massive convoy outside the Ukrainian capital has split up and fanned out.
The Russian army has encircled the city and multiple attempts to establish safe routes for civilian evacuations have fallen apart.
Associated Press journalists document what life has become in the southeastern Ukrainian city, which would be a key victory for the Russians.