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Russian occupying forces to stage Russian plays in Mariupol theater they destroyed with aerial bomb
The drama theater in Mariupol, where Russian forces killed an estimated 300 to 600 people with an aerial bomb in 2022, will reopen for Russian performances in December, occupation authorities announced
Politico: Kyiv lives under Russian drones and doubts — Ukrainians now wonder if Europe still remembers
Sirens, shelters, and missile debris are daily life in the capital, but what hurts most is the feeling of being forgotten.
“I counted every single day”: 2025 Ukrainian POWs endured three years of Russian captivity — and finally came back home
185 soldiers and 20 civilians return from torture and darkness, greeted by tears, smiles, and the bitter weight of friends still imprisoned.
Russian empire nostalgia covers occupied Mariupol as authorities paint imperial quotes on apartment walls
All Ukrainian symbols in Mariupol were replaced with Soviet military propaganda, imperial Russian quotes, and re-written history that presents Russia's invasion as "liberation."
Russia sentences Mariupol defender for 21 years as Russian court labels him terrorist
Russian prosecutors secured a 21-year sentence against Vladislav Shpak by classifying his enlistment in Ukraine's National Guard as terrorist activity, after the soldier was captured defending Mariupol's Azovstal plant.
Last of Ukrainian defenders behind legendary “Russian warship, go f*ck yourself” phrase, returns from captivity
Vitalii Hyrenko was released after three years in a Russian prison.
It wasn’t just the Skripals—Russia’s covert attacks spanned years and continents, UK intelligence reveals
British findings show how Moscow weaponized disinfo, cyberwar, and assassination at scale.
UK hits Russian intel unit involved in killings of 600 Ukrainian civilians in Mariupol, with historic sanctions
Many of them were children.
Russia turns occupied Mariupol’s Azovstal plant into its launchpad of terror, building bases where Ukrainian defenders once held line
What was once a symbol of resistance now serves Moscow’s war machine, hidden, hardened, and ready to strike again.
Some of these defenders were just 21 when captured in Mariupol—three years later they step back onto Ukrainian soil
One was guarding Chornobyl. Another fought in Sumy.
After killing tens of thousands and erasing Mariupol, Russia now seeks to resurrect statue of its butcher in city’s center
Where 120,000 may have died, Moscow prepares to honor the man whose troops once bathed Ukraine in blood.
Russia legally steals 20,000 homes in razed Mariupol — then charges homeless victims for rent
Survivors of Putin's most brutal siege now face a deadlier trap: a rigged paperwork leaving them "homeless bums" whose stolen homes are sold to Moscow buyers.
What three years of Russian captivity did to Ukrainian soldier
Mariupol defender Oleksandr was captured in 2022 and returned home in a recent prisoner exchange.
Russia planned to destroy Mariupol before 2022 — first public evidence emerges
From official plans to ash and silence — Mariupol’s fate was sealed in Kremlin documents.
Ukraine conducts fourth POW swap in a week, returns defenders held since 2022
The latest group includes wounded and ill personnel captured during major battles.
Grenade explosion kills Russian commander behind 2022 Mariupol deadly airstrikes
Russian media say former airstrike commander Zaur Gurtsiyev had been serving as Stavropol deputy mayor since September 2024.
Russia builds power lines to restart and connect seized Ukrainian nuclear plant to its grid
The occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, captured by Russian forces in March 2022, would become the first nuclear facility seized by one nation during war and operated for another country's energy needs if Moscow's plans succeed.
World Press Photo disinvites Russian state photographer from award ceremony amid “European tensions”
Russian photographer Mikhail Tereshchenko, who works for state-funded TASS news agency, first won the award for his photo covering protests in Georgia, while World Press Photo claimed that entries are judged anonymously.
Pro-Ukrainian partisans target Russian base in Mariupol, destroying ammunition
Local Ukrainian resistance fighters turned Russian bloggers' careless social media posts into actionable intelligence.