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Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern in Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5, 2022. Heavy fighting is raging at the besieged steel plant in Mariupol as Russian forces attempt to finish off the city's last-ditch defenders and complete the capture of the strategically vital port. (AP Photo)

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Live updates | Pentagon: most Russian forces left Mariupol
Thu,05/05/22-1:30AM , 86 Reads
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says the majority of Russian forces that had been around the port city of Mariupol have left and headed north, leaving roughly the equivalent of two battalion tactical groups there, or about 2,000 troops.
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Smoke rises from the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, May 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov, File)

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Ukrainian troops unlikely to get easy exit from steel mill
Thu,05/05/22-1:24AM , 87 Reads
GENEVA (AP) — Following the evacuation of some civilians from a steel mill besieged by Russian forces in the port of Mariupol, attention is turning to the fate of hundreds of Ukrainian troo
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The gutted remains of an Antonov An-225, the world's biggest cargo aircraft, destroyed during recent fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, at the Antonov airport in Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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'Seemed like goodbye': Mariupol defenders make their stand
By JON GAMBRELL AND CARA ANNA - Associated Press
Wed,05/04/22-11:06PM , 64 Reads
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian fighters in the tunnels underneath Mariupol’s pulverized steel plant held out against Russian troops Thursday in an increasingly desperate and perhaps doomed effort to deny Moscow what would be its biggest success of the war yet: the complete capture of the strategic port city.
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Sept. 10, 2011 file photo photo showing an oil rig near the town of Usinsk, 1500 kilometers (930 miles) northeast of Moscow. The European Union's executive commission has proposed phasing out imports of Russian oil within six months. It is part of Europe's struggle to stop paying Russia $850 million a day for energy and hit the Kremlin's finances over its invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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EXPLAINER: What's the impact if Europe cuts off Russian oil?
Wed,05/04/22-5:51AM , 123 Reads
The European Union's executive commission has proposed phasing out imports of Russian oil within six months.
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