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During the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine of 2022, Mariupol was a strategic target for Russian forces and their proxies. It came under artillery bombardment the day the invasion began, and was placed under siege by Russian forces.
- Siege of Mariupol
The siege of Mariupol began on 24 February 2022 and lasted...
- Donetsk Oblast
Donetsk Oblast, also referred to as Donechchyna (Ukrainian:...
- Azovstal Iron and Steel Works
The Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, or Azovstal Metallurgical...
- Sportkompleks Illichivets
Illichivets Indoor Sports Complex (Ukrainian: Спортивний...
- Volodymyr Zelensky
Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (born 25 January 1978) is...
- Siege of Mariupol
Mar 21, 2022 · Mariupol has become the most heavily bombed and damaged city in Ukraine's war with Russia - having suffered the brunt of sustained Russian attacks. It is key to Moscow's military campaign in...
May 17, 2022 · Mariupol, in south-east Ukraine, has been encircled since the start of March and is now mostly under the control of Kremlin forces. Control of Mariupol would give Russia a land bridge...
Mar 21, 2022 · Mariupol has become the most heavily bombed and damaged city in Ukraine's war with Russia - having suffered the brunt of sustained Russian attacks. It is key to Moscow's military campaign in...
May 17, 2022 · Mariupol's complex identity is hardly unique in today's Ukraine, a country which formed an integral part of the Soviet Union until the collapse of communism at the end of the 1980s.
Mariupol ( Ukrainian: Маріу́поль, Russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in southeastern Ukraine on the north coast of the Sea of Azov, and at the mouth of the Kalmius. With a population of 432,000 in 2021, it was the tenth largest city in Ukraine before the Russian invasion of 2022, and the second largest in the Donetsk Oblast.
