Tag: Mariupol (Ukraine)
Last Stand at Azovstal: Inside the Siege That Shaped the Ukraine War
Soldiers wrapped in blankets and sleeping bags, some missing arms and legs, were hoisted into the helicopters, whose…
Ukrainian Medic’s Months in Russian Cell: Cold, Dirty and Used as a Prop
KYIV, Ukraine — During the siege of Mariupol, in southern Ukraine, Russians pounded the city with artillery and…
‘Long Live the Theater’: Mariupol’s Drama Company to Perform Again
UZHHOROD, Ukraine — Dressed in black, the actors moved around a sparse rehearsal room preparing a new play…
Ukraine Signals End of Bitter Battle at Azovstal Steel Plant
KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian authorities announced late Monday an end to their combat operation in the besieged…
Rescuing Ukrainian Family Recipes
Food memories from childhood summers tend to stick. Olga Koutseridi, a graduate student adviser at the University of…
Sisters Recount Escape From Mariupol as Russians Closed In
Vera and Nicole thought they had endured the worst of the war as Russia besieged their city, Mariupol,…
Russia Embarks on a New, More Cautious Phase of Ukraine War
KHARKIV, Ukraine — Russia plunged into a new chapter of the Ukraine war on Tuesday, intent on capturing…
Huge Steel Plant in Mariupol Is a Fortress for Ukrainian Holdouts
The plant stretches across four square miles, a complex of buildings, smokestacks, blast furnaces and stacks of coiled…
In Mariupol’s Drama Theater, a Cry for ‘Mama!’ That Offered Brief Relief
LVIV, Ukraine — The explosion — deafening, blinding — collapsed the walls around them, and “the moments afterwards…
Inside a Maternity Hospital in Ukraine as War Grinds On
As artillery shells fall, pregnant women are delivering prematurely, being shuttled in and out of bomb shelters or…
Mariupol Residents Describe How Russian Forces Deprived Them of Food and Water
LVIV, Ukraine — After Russian forces surrounded the city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine, cutting off its water…
As Russia Stalls in Ukraine, Dissent Brews Over Putin’s Leadership
In January, the head of a group of serving and retired Russian military officers declared that invading Ukraine…