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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 375

Mariupol

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhayev visit the Children's Art and Aesthetic center, part of Chersonesos Taurica historical and archeological park in Sevastopol, Crimea, March 18, 2023. (Sputnik, Kremlin Press Service Pool Photo via AP)
March 19, 2023, 8:52 am
Putin visits occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol after surprise Crimea trip – Kremlin
Russian president flies in by helicopter then tours war-ravaged city by car, speaks with local residents, state news agency says
By AFP
An explosion is seen in an apartment building after Russian's army tank fires in Mariupol, Ukraine, on March 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
December 23, 2022, 11:03 pm
‘Everything is black, is destroyed’: Russia erases Mariupol’s Ukrainian identity
Death toll in occupied city may never be fully known; large swaths of it are devoid of life, with fire-blackened walls and dust from Russian construction
By Lori Hinnant, VASILISA STEPANENKO, Sarah El Deeb and ELIZAVETA TILNA
Illia Samoilenko, a lieutenant in Ukraine's Azov Regiment, speaks to The Times of Israel in Jerusalem, December 14, 2022 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
December 20, 2022, 7:54 am
After 4 months in Russian solitary, Ukrainian officer visits Israel, tells his story
Illia Samoilenko, a soldier in the controversial Azov Regiment, survived a siege and months as a POW in Moscow; says he still has much work to do, sympathizes with Israel’s stance
By Lazar Berman
The Metallurgical Combine Azovstal, damaged during fighting, is seen from the Mariupol Sea Port in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo)
June 21, 2022, 9:30 pm
‘The impossible’: Ukraine’s secret, deadly rescue missions to Azovstal
A 20-year-old soldier calling himself ‘Buffalo’ recounts fulfilling ‘dream’ of flying helicopter, almost being abandoned during rescue operation in Mariupol
By John Leicester and HANNA ARHIROVA
Yuliia Paievska, known as Taira, looks in a mirror and turns off her camera in Mariupol, Ukraine, on February 27, 2022. (Yuliia Paievska via AP)
June 18, 2022, 10:18 am
Medic who filmed Mariupol horror is released by Russia, 3 months after taken captive
Yuliia Paievska transferred footage to AP showing team’s treatment of Ukrainian and Russian soldiers; had received bodycam for a Netflix documentary on Invictus Games
By VASILISA STEPANENKO and Lori Hinnant
The Metallurgical Combine Azovstal, damaged during fighting, is seen from the Mariupol Sea Port in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo)
June 7, 2022, 6:34 am
Russia returning bodies of Ukraine defenders from Mariupol steel-plant siege
Zelensky says Ukrainian forces holding positions in Sievierodonetsk, where Russian forces continue to push for control of city crucial to their control of Donbas region
By John Leicester and HANNA ARHIROVA
Tatiana Goldin and her mother Ludmila speak to Channel 12 news, May 31, 2022. (Screenshot)
June 1, 2022, 8:27 am
Israeli woman reunites with mom after seeing her begging for help on TV in Mariupol
Tatiana Goldin’s mother Ludmila was living alone in besieged city without food or medication; Ashdod mayor had told the municipality employee he would help get her mother to Israel
By ToI Staff
Policemen work on the identification process following the killing of civilians in Bucha, before sending the bodies to the morgue, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
May 31, 2022, 11:38 am
Nations investigating Russian war crimes in Ukraine convene at The Hague
Joint probe led by Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland was established in late March, following the mass killing of civilians in Bucha; meanwhile, ICC team gathers evidence in Ukraine
By Mike Corder
Undertakers lower the coffin of Ukrainian serviceman Oleksander Matyukhin, 32, in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, May 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
May 24, 2022, 4:41 pm
Ukraine says 200 decomposing bodies uncovered in Mariupol basement
As war rages in east, UK says Russia achieved some ‘localized successes’ despite Ukrainian resistance; Kremlin-installed official asks Moscow to set up military base in Kherson
By Ricardo Mazalan, OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and Elena Becatoros
A view of the destroyed part of the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol on May 18, 2022. (Olga MALTSEVA / AFP)
May 22, 2022, 2:01 pm
As battered Mariupol surrenders to Russians, city tries to rise from the rubble
Residents try to pick up pieces of their shattered lives following months of fighting, siege and strikes on once-bustling strategic port city
By Andrei Borodulin
Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after leaving Mariupol's besieged Azovstal steel plant, near a penal colony, in Olyonivka, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo)
May 20, 2022, 11:41 pm
In rare victory, Russia claims to take full control of Mariupol
Moscow says last defenders at steelworks have surrendered; no confirmation from Ukraine; more than 20,000 civilians feared dead in almost 3-month assault
By Elena Becatoros, OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN
In this photo taken from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on May 18, 2022, a Russian serviceman frisks a Ukrainian soldier after he left the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
May 19, 2022, 12:52 pm
Red Cross says it has registered hundreds of Ukrainian POWs from Mariupol
Head of self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic says soldiers who needed medical assistance have been hospitalized while others were put in detention facility
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN
Ukrainian servicemen as they leave the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, on May 18, 2022. (from a video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
May 18, 2022, 11:27 pm
Interrogation, uncertainty for surrendering Mariupol troops
Regional separatist leader says no top commanders emerge from pulverized stronghold; Russian soldier put on trial in Ukraine pleads guilty to war crime charges
By CIARAN McQUILLAN and OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI
Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after they were evacuated from the besieged Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant, near a remand prison in Olyonivka, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, May 17, 2022. (Alexei Alexandrov/AP)
May 18, 2022, 9:05 am
Mariupol on verge of falling as Ukraine negotiates rescue for last defenders
Kyiv seeks prisoner swap, says garrison holed up in steelworks plant has completed its mission of stalling Russian advance; Moscow claims strategic city is being surrendered
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (L), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C), and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Combo photo: AFP)
May 17, 2022, 10:25 pm
Senior Zelensky aide to ToI: We are waiting for Israel to change its stance on war
David Arakhamia, head of Kyiv’s negotiating team, says president sees Jewish state as model for rebuilt Ukraine; speaks of need for Israeli drones
By Lazar Berman
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