Russia–Ukraine War (May 20): Russia Claims Full Control of Mariupol

Russia–Ukraine War (May 20): Russia Claims Full Control of Mariupol
Russian servicemen patrol the destroyed part of the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine, in the port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, on May 18, 2022. Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images
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The latest on the Russia–Ukraine crisis, May 20. Click here for updates from May 19.

Russia Claims Full Control of Mariupol

Russia’s defense chief says the country’s forces have taken full control of the massive steel plant in Mariupol that was the last stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in the city.

That would mark the end of a nearly three-month siege that reduced much of Ukraine’s vital Black Sea port of Mariupol to ruins and left over 20,000 people there feared dead.