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A Russian-announced ceasefire was due to begin Thursday at the besieged steel plant in the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol, to allow civilians to flee even as its defenders vowed to fight to the end
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Graphic showing key developments in Ukraine as of May 5, 0700 GMT
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#BREAKING Humanitarian corridors at Mariupol steel plant 'functioning': Kremlin

#BREAKING Kremlin says Western arms supplies to Ukraine prevent 'quick' end to conflict

#UPDATE The Kremlin claimed Thursday that humanitarian corridors to get civilians out of Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant were functioning, after the Russian army announced a three-day ceasefire at the site

#UPDATE The Kremlin on Thursday accused the West of preventing a "quick" end to Russia's military campaign in #Ukraine by supplying weapons to the pro-Western country

#BREAKING Zelensky launches global fundraising platform to help Ukraine win war

#UPDATE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday launched a global crowdfunding platform to help Kyiv win the war with Russia and rebuild the country's infrastructure

VIDEO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announces the launch of a global crowdfunding platform to help Kyiv win the war with Russia and rebuild the country's infrastructure

#BREAKING Russia 'violated' promised truce at Mariupol plant: Ukraine commander

#UPDATE Russia "violated" a truce it promised at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, where Ukrainian forces are making a last stand in the city, a Ukrainian commander said Thursday, pleading for help for "dying" soldiers and the evacuation of civilians

War in Ukraine: Latest developments
Here are the latest developments in the war in #Ukraine
* Ceasefire at Azovstal
* Kremlin accuses West on arms, intelligence
* Zelensky appeals for cash
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#BREAKING More than €6 bn collected at Ukraine donors' conference: Poland

#UPDATE More than six billion euros ($6.3 billion) were collected at a Ukraine donors' conference in Warsaw, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday

#UPDATE Russia on Thursday said Western aid to Kyiv had slowed its offensive in #Ukraine but would not thwart its victory, as conflicting reports emerged about efforts to rescue civilians from a besieged steel plant in the devastated city of #Mariupol
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VIDEO: More than six billion euros ($6.3 billion) were collected at a Ukraine donors' conference in Warsaw, says Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki

#BREAKING Putin, Israel's PM discuss Ukraine, Holocaust: Kremlin

#BREAKING Putin says Russian army 'still ready' to give safe passage to civilians from Azovstal

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has invited Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to visit, the German president's office said on Thursday, three weeks after Steinmeier was snubbed by Kyiv
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#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday discussed the Ukraine crisis and the Holocaust amid tensions over Moscow's remarks regarding Adolf Hitler