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A year after the fall of Ukraine's Mariupol, the families of captive fighters are still trying to bring them home

World

Ukraine’s bitter wait for captured Azovstal fighters

Yevgenia Synelnyk can barely look at her brother’s photo a year after Russia captured him and over 2,000 fighters in the Azovstal siege. She...

AFPMay 18, 2023

The 29-year-old Azov Regiment soldier lost his left leg in combat

World

Released Azovstal soldier recounts his ordeal

In contrast to festive summer crowds around him in central Kyiv, Vladyslav Zhaivoronok has a grim story to tell about the defence of Mariupol,...

AFPAugust 22, 2022

Now Russian soldiers and their separatist allies with white armbands patrol the ruins of the Soviet-era factory that was once the pride of Mariupol and employed more than 12,000 people

World

In the tunnels of Azovstal, traces of Ukraine’s resistance

Scrapped metal and concrete debris is all that remains of the Azovstal steel factory in Mariupol, a symbol of Ukraine's weeks-long resistance.

AFPJune 15, 2022

Ukraine says more than 1,000 fighers are holding out in the Azovstal steel works in the ruined city of Mariupol

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‘Better dead than captured’: Mother’s pain as son killed in Azovstal

For two-and-a-half months, Iryna Yegorchenko prayed for the safe return of her son Artem, one of the soldiers defending the besieged Azovstal steelworks in...

AFPMay 13, 2022

Azovstal evacuee Anna Zaitseva and her son Svyatoslav after a harrowing evacuation to Ukraine government-held territory

World

Escape from Azovstal: Surviving Mariupol’s last stand

"I never thought I would see sunlight again," the 23-year-old Ukrainian told AFP on condition her full name not be published.

AFPMay 7, 2022

A man welcomes Anna Zaitseva and her six-month-old son Svyatoslav

Life

Tears and relief, as Azovstal evacuees reach safety

They had survived in tunnels below the steel works in the devastated city of Mariupol among holdout Ukrainian troops.

AFPMay 3, 2022