Azovstal

KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol laid down their arms at the Azovstal steel plant, appearing to cede control of the strategic southern port city to Russia after months of bloody battle that ended with a dramatic siege at the…

More than 260 Ukrainian soldiers, many of them wounded, have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in the port city of Mariupol, appearing to cede control of the city to Russia after 82 days of bombardment.Ukraine’s…

Cowering in the labyrinth of Soviet-era bunkers far beneath the vast Azovstal steelworks, Natalia Usmanova felt her heart would stop as Russian bombs rained down on Mariupol, sprinkling her with concrete dust.Usmanova, 37, spoke on…

Ukrainian forces continued to fight in the besieged city of Mariupol on Wednesday after a Russian ultimatum to troops holed up in the Azovstal steel mill to lay down their arms passed without a mass surrender.Reuters and the BBC reported…