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Mariupol is located in the south of the Donetsk Oblast, on the coast of Sea of Azov and at the mouth of Kalmius River. It is located in an area of the Azov Lowland that is an extension of the Ukrainian Black Sea Lowland. To the east of Mariupol is the Khomutov Steppe, which is also part of the Azov Lowland, located on the border with Russia.
The siege of Mariupol began on 24 February 2022 and lasted until 20 May, as part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It saw fighting between the Russian Armed Forces (alongside the Donetsk People's Republic People's Militia) and the Ukrainian Armed Forces for control over the city of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine.
Mar 13, 2023 · Russian-installed authorities in Mariupol say some 300,000 people are now living there. The people who spoke to me from Mariupol said their city had been inundated with labourers from across...
May 17, 2022 · After almost three months of relentless assault, Mariupol has fallen. Ukraine's military says its combat mission in the besieged port is over.
Apr 13, 2022 · Russian troops started their encirclement of Mariupol in early March. The siege has killed thousands of civilians and unleashed an appalling struggle for survival for trapped residents who remain.
Apr 25, 2024 · The Ukrainian city of Mariupol was almost entirely razed to the ground during an 80-day Russian siege at the outset of its invasion in 2022. At least 8,000 residents of the city died of...
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...
Feb 8, 2024 · The Russian assault on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol in 2022 left thousands of civilians dead and injured, including many in apparently unlawful attacks, new findings show.
Apr 13, 2022 · Mariupol - home to more than 400,000 people before the war - has been virtually wiped out by weeks of heavy Russian shelling. Ukraine's military reportedly managed over the weeks to resupply...
6 days ago · Mariupol, city, southeastern Ukraine. It lies along the estuary of the Kalmius and Kalchik rivers, 6 miles (10 km) from the Sea of Azov. The city was founded in 1778 as Pavlovsk, on the site of a former Cossack encampment.
