Founded in 1918
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20 March 2022
Azovstal, a metallurgical giant based in Mariupol, the Ukrainian city now being viciously attacked by Russian invaders, was completely shut down only once – in 1941, the year that Nazi Germany attacked Ukraine.
Due to Russian shelling, people living in Borodianka outside Kyiv could not be evacuated, but the government will not abandon these attempts.
On March 19, the Ukrainian military carried out several counterattacks, inflicting losses on Russian invaders in equipment and personnel.
19 March 2022
After the destruction of the Drama Theater in Mariupol, which served as a bomb shelter, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba has released an address to the companies that are doing business with Russia.
On March 19, more than 6,600 people from Donetsk, Kyiv and Luhansk regions were evacuated through humanitarian corridors.
Russian invaders forcibly drove away several thousand residents of Mariupol to Russia in the past week.
Russian troops suffered heavy losses on March 19 while trying to break through the defense of the Ukrainian army in the area of responsibility of the Operational and Tactical Group East.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered his address to the people of Switzerland.
About 500 Mariupol residents have been evacuated to Zaporizhzhia.
The battles for Mariupol-based Azovstal are underway, and Russian invaders are actually destroying the metallurgical giant.
The abolition of customs duties is necessary for the defense of the state and for normal life during martial law.
Some 14 missiles were fired at Ukraine and 40 air raids were conducted, but the enemy did not fulfill its main tasks on the 23rd day of Russian aggression.
18 March 2022
A total of 9,145 people have been evacuated through humanitarian corridors in Ukraine over the past day.
On March 18, Oleksandr Tkachenko, Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, spoke with Dario Franceschini, Minister of Cultural Heritage and Cultural Activities of Italy.
Putin needs Mariupol to conceal the real number of civilian casualties in the town besieged by Russian invaders for 17 days already.
People continue to be rescued from under the rubble of the Mariupol Drama Theater destroyed by Russian invaders. There is currently no information about the killed.
Lviv is hosting the Tsina Viyny (Price of War) art effort to draw worldwide attention to the deaths of innocent Ukrainian children amid a full-blown Russian invasion.
More than 1,300 people remain under rubble of Mariupol Drama Theater - Denisova
More than 1,300 people remain trapped under the rubble of the Mariupol Drama Theater.
Nearly 35,000 civilians leave Mariupol over past two days
About 35,000 civilians have left Mariupol over the past two days despite constant shelling by Russian invaders.
Russian troops have already destroyed 90% of Mariupol and killed thousands of town residents.
Putin calls the killing of Ukrainian children a "success in strict accordance with plans."
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine says the 5-7-9% loan program for entrepreneurs will be extended. During the wartime period, the rate will stand at 0%.
The situation in the Zaporizhia region remains under control as the Ukrainian forces are repelling the enemy.
17 March 2022
By committing unprovoked aggression against Ukraine, Russia has committed a serious violation of international humanitarian law and a war crime for which the country's authorities and military leadership will be held accountable.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that although the investigation is not finished, he agrees with President Joe Biden that Putin is a war criminal and that Russian military attacks on civilians in Ukraine are a war crime.
Soldiers of the Azov Regiment have destroyed four enemy tanks, two armored personnel carriers, hitting another armored personnel carrier.
Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini has said that Italy is ready to rebuild the Drama Theater in Mariupol, which Russian invaders destroyed on March 16.
Russian troops used almost the entire set of Kalibr cruise missiles and Iskander tactical missile systems.