KYIV, May 18 - Nearly 1,000 last-ditch Ukrainian fighters who had held out inside Mariupol’s pulverized steel plant have surrendered, Russia said Wednesday, as the battle that turned the city into a worldwide symbol of defiance and suffering drew toward a close.
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KYIV, May 18 - Resistance fighting was reported in the occupied southern city of Melitopol, where the regional military administration said Ukrainians killed several high-ranking Russian officers and a Russian armored train carrying troops and ammunition overturned, causing the munitions to detonate.
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KYIV, May 18 – The fall of the Ukrainian economy by one third is an optimistic scenario, and its rapid recovery in 2023 is possible with the end of hostilities and large-scale support from partners, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Serhiy Nikolaychuk has said.
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KYIV, May 17 - Mariupol appeared on the verge of falling to the Russians on Tuesday as Ukraine moved to abandon the steel plant where hundreds of its fighters had held out for months under relentless bombardment in the last bastion of resistance in the devastated city.
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KYIV, May 17 - The volume of electricity exports from Ukraine to the European Union can replace approximately 17% of the Russian gas consumed by European countries, the Ministry of Energy believes.
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KYIV, May 17 - Ukraine and Poland have agreed to ensure the possibility of transit of grain crops through joint border checkpoints, as well as its rail transit through the border checkpoints Werchrata-Rava Ruska, Medyka-Shehyni and Kroscienko-Smilnytsia.
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KYIV, May 16 - The regiment that doggedly defended a steel mill as Ukraine’s last stronghold in the port city of Mariupol declared its mission complete Monday after more than 260 fighters, including some badly wounded, were evacuated and taken to areas under Russia’s control.
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KYIV, May 16 - Ukraine’s eastern city of Sievierodonetsk came under heavy shelling that killed at least 10 people, said Serhiy Haidai, the governor of the Luhansk region. In the Donetsk region, Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said on Facebook that nine civilians were killed in shelling.
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KYIV, May 16 – In the second week of May, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) again sold significantly more currencies than it bought: U.S. dollars equaling $321.8 million, euros equaling EUR 29.7 million, but this is approximately 37.6% less than in the first week month.
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KYIV, May 15 - Almost three months after Russia shocked the world by invading Ukraine, its military faces a bogged-down war, the prospect of a bigger NATO, and an opponent buoyed Sunday by wins on and off the battlefield.
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