Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 87 of the invasion | Russia
Russia has taken control of the Azovstal steel plant, the country's defense ministry said on Friday evening. Ukrainian soldiers had finally ended their defense of the site in Mariupol, according to the commander of Ukraine's Azov regiment, Denys Prokopenko. In a video statement, he said civilians and heavily wounded Ukrainian fighters have been evacuated from the plant. The Kremlin's spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said the Ukrainian combatants would be treated in line with international norms for prisoners of war, though several senior Russian politicians demanded this week they be put on trial and one called for their execution.
Intense fighting has been reported around the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk as Russian forces appear to be stepping up an offensive to encircle its Ukra...