“It was hell.” Civilians evacuated from Mariupol tell of survival, Russian filtration camps, and death
Despite the UN acting as an intermediary for evacuation, people still had to pass Russian filtration camps. Civilians…
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Ukraine calls on Doctors Without Borders to evacuate Mariupol defenders
The Ministry of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine calls on the international organization Doctors Without Borders…
Escape from Mariupol. “I begged God to let me die quickly!”
Mariupol residents Mariya and her family spent almost one month hiding from Russian shelling and bombs. 17-year-old Mariya…
Russia holds about 27,000 Mariupolites in “filtration camps” in Donetsk Oblast – Mariupol authorities
The ongoing deportation of the Ukrainians to Russia presented in Russian propaganda outlets as evacuation includes passing the…
War diary: “Terrified of what He saw, God has left Mariupol, my neighbor said”
Mariupol diary: February 24 Anya is from Odesa, Alena from Kramatorsk, Natasha from Kharkiv, Halya’s from Irpin! We…
What is Azov Regiment? Honest answers to the most common questions
1. Is Azov regiment / brigade /battalion “neo-Nazi”? I’m used to answering questions about the Azov Regiment from…
‘They are defenders of Ukraine!’, open letter to CNN from Ukrainian civic leaders about Azov Regiment
We, Ukrainian politicians of different ideological views, industrialists, and businessmen, would like to address the CNN journalists and…
How the West enabled genocide in Mariupol with its misguided Azov obsession
More than a month has passed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian invaders have already…
“They talked to us like we were criminals” – how Russian occupiers deported me from Mariupol
On 24 March, the Mariupol City Council reported that Russian forces started deporting about 15,000 Mariupol residents from…
Martyred city of Mariupol wiped out of existence by Russia’s incessant shelling
Mariupol has seen some of the fiercest bombardments since Russia launched a full-scale war against Ukraine on 24…
I was inside when the Russians bombed Mariupol drama theater: survivor’s story
Mariupol has seen the fiercest fighting and the most shocking horrors and bombing of Russia’s war in Ukraine.…
“I’m sure I’ll die soon. It’s a matter of days” – resident of besieged Mariupol
Waiting for death I go outside in between bombings. I need to walk my dog. It constantly whines,…
Besieged Mariupol: How Russia obliterated a nearly half-million city in one month (photos)
Mariupol is Ukraine’s 10th largest city in the southeast of Ukraine. Its pre-war population was more than 430,000…
“Mariupol people melt snow, drink water from heating mains”: besieged city faces total destruction
“I learned by chance from social media that a shell hit our apartment in Mariupol and it burned…
“The last week was pure horror and hell,” evacuee from besieged Mariupol recalls
We used to live on Troitska street (on the western end of Mariupol, – Ed.). The last week…
Russia disrupts humanitarian convoys and evacuation from the war zone in Ukraine
Lately, Ukraine and Russia have negotiated and agreed on ceasefires to establish humanitarian corridors from occupied and besieged…
Russia effectively seizes control of Sea of Azov, threatening Ukraine
Moscow’s justification for what it has done is that it is planning naval exercises in the region and…
Russia’s strategy in the Sea of Azov: The Kerch Bridge, artificial shipping delays and continued harm to Ukraine
Russia’s “hard power” activity in the Sea of Azov has increased significantly since May 2018, when the authorities…
Descent into the Mariupol disinformation maelström
Many Mariupolitans not only identify themselves as Soviet but also believe in many myths distributed by Russian propaganda.…
The “Elephant” in Mariupol: Moscow’s grip on hearts and minds
The results from a survey conducted in the south-Ukrainian city of Mariupol indicate that the Ukrainian nation-building process…