Hundreds of civilians are still trapped in the Azovstal steel plant alongside Ukrainian soldiers who refuse to surrender amid withering Russian fire.
Relieved but anxious and fearful, passengers on a Ukrainian train describe the horrors of the Russian invasion and recount what they left behind.
First Lady Jill Biden talks to reporters before heading to Romania and Slovakia to visit U.S. troops and Ukrainian refugees. With Ukraine pleading for more military aid, Germany confirmed that it would send seven of its most advanced self-propelled howitzers — massive artillery guns mounted on tracked armored vehicles. The assistance comes after Germany lifted its policy of not sending heavy weapons to conflict zones last week after growing calls to do more to help Ukraine’s defense.
Mariupol has been the focus of close attention because its capture would allow Russia to link its forces in the northeast and southeast and would help establish a land corridor along the southern seacoast to the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow illegally annexed in 2014. Russian control of Mariupol’s port would also choke off Ukraine’s access to the Sea of Azov, an important shipping hub.
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