Azovstal

Ukraine

Freed Ukrainian POWs show signs of torture, claims official

More than 80 Ukrainian and Russian prisoners of war were released this week in prisoner swaps, officials from both sides confirmed.

27 April 2023

Europe News

'We will fight. We are unbreakable': Mariupol survivor tells her story

Kateryna Polishchuk was holed up in the Azovstal steel plant during the last weeks of the Mariupol siege.

1 December 2022

Ukraine

What happened to the Mariupol defenders taken captive by Russia?

With no news from the Azov fighters, their families are campaigning to bring the fate of the combatants into the spotlight.

24 June 2022

Ukraine

Russia claims mines found under bodies at Azovstal

The Russian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday its forces had discovered 152 bodies of Ukrainian fighters in the underground tunnels of the Azovstal steel plant.

1 June 2022

Ukraine

Russia claims victory in Mariupol as last Azovstal fighters surrender

Russian authorities claim that 2,439 Ukrainian fighters surrendered in Azovstal by Friday, ending the siege of the southern seaport's steel mill.

21 May 2022

Ukraine

Azov Battalion evacuates dead after ending Mariupol steelworks defence

Earlier, the Russian defence ministry said 1,908 Ukrainian soldiers from Azovstal had "rendered themselves prisoner" since Monday.

20 May 2022

Ukraine

Azov photographer publishes his work just before being taken prisoner

Photographs taken by Mariupol defender besieged for months in the steel plant.

20 May 2022

Ukraine

Ukrainian troops surrendering at Mariupol registered as POWs

Ukrainian fighters in the last bastion of resistance continued abandoning the Azovstal steel plant on orders from above to save their lives.

19 May 2022