Mariupol

War: Mariupol ‘Horrors’ Will Leave An Indelible Mark – UN

June 17, 2022 4:58 am

A UN rights chief on Thursday asserted that the extent of the growing deaths and destruction in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol is a serious pointer to international law violations, while also the warning that the horrors would mark future generations.

While speaking before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday, Michelle Bachelet painted an ugly scenario of one of the bloodiest chapters so far in Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.

‘Between February and the end of April, Mariupol was likely the deadliest place in Ukraine,’ she said, in an update on the situation in the strategic port …

US Temporarily Halts Tariffs On Ukraine Steel Imports

US Temporarily Halts Tariffs On Steel Imports From Ukraine

May 10, 2022 4:02 am

The United States has announced the suspension the tariffs imposed on Ukrainian steel imports for one year, a move designed to help the war-torn nation’s economy.

Africa Daily News, New York reports on the aftermath of the dramatic evacuation of civilians sheltering in a steel plant in Mariupol after Russian forces bombarded the port city, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo hailed the importance of the industry that continues to operate and employ one in every 13 Ukrainians, providing them with an ‘economic lifeline.’

‘We can’t just admire the fortitude and spirit of the Ukrainian people — we need to …

Invasion: Russia Attacks Mariupol Again, Ukraine Reports

April 24, 2022 12:47 am

Russia started its attack on the last Ukrainian soldiers trapped in a massive steelworks in Mariupol, only days after Moscow claimed victory in the southern city and said that its forces did not need to seize the factory.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, said the country’s army was not prepared to attempt to breach the siege of the port city.

He did, however, say that America’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will pay a visit to Kyiv on Sunday to discuss …