Fierce fighting continues at Mariupol steel plant
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 4. Heavy fighting is raging at the besieged steel plant in Mariupol as Russian forces attempt to finish off the city's last-ditch defenders and complete the capture of the strategically vital port.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 4.DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC INTERIOR MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE VIA AP
In this handout photo taken from video released on Wednesday, May 4, by the Donetsk People's Republic Interior Ministry Press Service, Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine.DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC INTERIOR MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE VIA AP
In this handout photo taken from video released on Wednesday, May 4, by the Donetsk People's Republic Interior Ministry Press Service, Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern in Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5. Heavy fighting is raging at the besieged steel plant in Mariupol as Russian forces attempt to finish off the city's last-ditch defenders and complete the capture of the strategically vital port.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Injured Natalia Rudneva, 59, reacts as her son was hospitalised after night shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Workers stand next to a crater after night shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man carries chairs out of an office on a ground floor of an apartment building destroyed by night shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Parts of a missile lay collected next to an apartment building destroyed by night shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Physical education teacher Nikolai, 89, sits with his dog in a yard of an apartment building destroyed by night shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A stone with a sign reads "Don't be jealous" is seen in a yard of an apartment building destroyed by night shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Poland's Minister of Interior and Administration Mariusz Kaminski stands at the gutted remains of the Antonov An-225, world's biggest cargo aircraft destroyed during recent fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, at the Antonov airport in Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
The gutted remains of an Antonov An-225, the world's biggest cargo aircraft, destroyed during recent fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, at the Antonov airport in Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
The gutted remains of the Antonov An-225, world's biggest cargo aircraft, surrounded by Russian military vehicles destroyed during fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, at the Antonov airport in Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Unexploded shells, grenades and other devices after recent fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, at the Antonov airport in Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man drives a scooter next to a bridge destroyed by shelling near Orihiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Teenagers on bicycles pass a bridge destroyed by shelling near Orihiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Municipal workers attach a Russian national flag to a pole preparing to celebrate 77 years of the victory in WWII in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Municipal workers clean and paint a Soviet style torpedo boat preparing to celebrate 77 years of the victory in WWII in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People stand outside their cars as they wait to pass to the Russian occupied territory in Zaporizhia region, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Didenko Ekaterina, 93, from the Ukrainian city of Vuhledar, waits for her daughter as people stay in line for registration at the aid distribution center for displaced people in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A girl looks through the window of a car as her family arrives from Mariupol at the center for displaced people in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5.