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Ukraine has proposed to Russia that badly injured defenders in the Azovstal plant in the port of Mariupol be swapped for Russian prisoners of war...

Ukrainian sources deny the reports, saying fighters continue to hold out against Russian forces. Video

The deputy commander of the Azov regiment, Svyatoslav Palamar, reported that Ukrainian fighters extracted 20 civilians from under the rubble at Azovstal and handed them over for evacuation to Ukrainian-controlled territory. He stated this in his appeal. "All night long enemy artillery operated on the territory of the plant, which caused more rubble and destruction. The silence regime, which was supposed to begin at 06:00, did not begin until 11:00, and so, it is true, as of today both sides are maintaining the silence regime." From 18:00 on, we waited for the evacuation convoy which did not arrive until 18:25....

KYIV, April 21 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the biggest battle of the Ukraine war on Thursday, declaring the port of Mariupol "liberated" after nearly two months of siege, despite hundreds of defenders still holding out inside a giant steel works. In a televised meeting with his defence minister inside the Kremlin, Putin said there was no need for a final confrontation with the last defenders who were boxed in after surviving nearly two months of Russia's siege. "I consider the proposed storming of the industrial zone unnecessary," he told Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in a televised...

As many as 9,000 Ukraine civilians could have been executed by Russian forces and buried in mass graves outside Mariupol, according to local leaders. Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko revealed the grim development Thursday and called the site of the atrocities in the nearby village of Manhush “the new Babi Yar,” a reference to the Ukrainian Holocaust site where tens of thousands of Jews were killed in World War II. “Then Hitler killed Jews, Roma and Slavs. And now Putin is destroying Ukrainians. He has already killed tens of thousands of civilians in Mariupol,” ....Meanwhile, Russia continued to shell humanitarian corridors...

The Remaining Ukrainian Forces in Mariupol have groups of soldiers In and around the Azovstal plant using civilian buildings as firing position and in this special report I am with Russian Forces as they engage and Eliminate Ukraine Forces Using an Apartment Building As Firing Position. In this report the Ukrainian firing position inside and apartment building appears to be destroyed by Russian heavy fire including airstrikes, tanks, RPGs, cannon and small arms fire.

Citizens, Lancaster, and what appears to be an Azov fighter, unsuccessfully attempt to save disabled woman from burning building.

One of Poland’s most prominent journalists, Konstanty Gebert, said he is quitting what many regard as the country’s newspaper of record after it demanded that he describe Ukraine’s controversial Azov Battalion as “far-right” instead of “neo Nazi.” ...

Ritteer claims the war is basically over and is in a mopping-up phase. Aside from the totally wretched ethics of the entire business, the US siding with Nazis against Christians, there is a question of the impact this war will have on Western economies. The war will leave Russia in control of all the main choke points of the world's food systems. The idea of Breadline-Joe Biden sanctioning Russia by denying them Western financial services is beyond ridiculous, i.e. did you ever try to put katsup or barbeque sauce on a financial service and EAT it?? Russia is sanction-proof;Russia, China,...

Moscow said Saturday Russian troops had opened fire on a Ukrainian vessel trying to evacuate commanders of the Azov battalion from the besieged city of Mariupol. "The Kyiv regime is not abandoning attempts to evacuate the leaders of the nationalist Azov regiment and foreign mercenaries from Mariupol," the Russian defence ministry said in a statement. On Friday night, Russian forces opened artillery fire on a Ukrainian cargo vessel when it suddenly changed course and tried to break through the blockade of the port of Mariupol. As a result of the strike the Maltese-flagged vessel, the Apache, caught fire and said...

Mariupol's mayor said that according to preliminary estimates, Russian troops have killed approximately 5,000 local residents - 210 of them ...

A VILLAGE mayor in Ukraine was kidnapped, executed and dumped in a forest pit along with her husband and son, reports claim. Neighbours said Russian troops occupying Motyzhyn, 30 miles west of Kyiv, tried to win the support of local officials and butchered them when they refused to collaborate. The horrors emerged after Putin's forces retreated from the Kyiv region back towards Belarus. The mayor Olga Sukhenko, her husband Igor and son Alexander were reportedly kidnapped on March 23. Their fate was unknown until their bodies were found on Saturday in a shallow grave behind houses that Russian soldiers had...

"The battalion still operates as a relatively autonomous entity. It has been prominent in defending Mariupol in recent weeks, and its resistance has been widely praised by members of the government."

Ukrainian troops in Mariupol are taking ammunition off of Russian troops and smuggling in weapons to resupply and hold out against the Russian assault. Western officials in a briefing to reporters Tuesday said there is evidence of Ukrainian troops in Mariupol smuggling weapons into encircled areas for reinforcement as additional Russian troops close in. "Ukrainian forces, though remarkably adept at smuggling weapons into areas which are encircled, they are also largely being able to resupply their fighters by taking weapons, ammunition, off Russian soldiers in the city itself," Western officials told reporters in a briefing.

There are folks out there who think that the best solution to the Ukraine crisis – for the folks – is for Zelensky to just throw in the towel and save his people the nightmare of further war with Russia, and part of that group include American pols and blue checks who want to simply put this behind us to get on with what they think is more important business, like sucking up to Iran, and sacrificing to the angry weather goddess. Ukrainians not giving up means the fighting is on TV every night, along with economic pain, and that...

@MaajidNawaz WATCH: “Allying with NAZIS in Ukraine to defeat Putin is as ABSURD as allying with ISIS in Syria to defeat Putin” My talk last night with @TuckerCarlson 2 Minute Clip ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing military violence and instability have mobilized far-right extremists, playing into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s propaganda about “neo-Nazis” running the country as justification for invading Ukraine. In a speech given just before Russia launched its ongoing attack on Ukraine, Putin justified what he described as a “special military operation.

The footage is just getting crazier and crazier every single day.

Lara Logan, the former 60 Minutes correspondent and one-time Fox Nation host who was dropped by her agent in January for comparing Anthony Fauci to Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, is back with some more controversial comments – that included Nazis. Logan ... denounced Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky as a “puppet” and called much of the news out of Ukraine “misinformation.” The interview kicked off with former Fox News Chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry explaining the state of play in Ukraine. Henry said Putin “caused a lot of destruction, don’t want to minimize the fact there’s over 2 million refugees....

“It is also a fierce battle in the informational space.”.. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Facebook for its role in helping him win the propaganda war after the platform announced it would permit calls for violence against Russians. Following its move to allow praise for the pro-Ukraine neo-nazi Azov Battalion last week, Facebook said they would permit ‘calls for violence against Russians’. “As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine we have temporarily made allowances for forms of political expression that would normally violate our rules like violent speech such as ‘death to the Russian invaders.’ We still won’t...