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Mariupol ‘doesn’t exist anymore’, says Ukraine’s FM Dmytro Kuleba

Ukraine’s foreign minister has said the city of Mariupol “doesn’t exist anymore”, after weeks of Russian attacks.

Dmytro Kuleba told CBS’s Face the Nation that Russian troops have “decided to raze the city to the ground at any cost”.

17 April 2022

Russia-Ukraine war

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BBC Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg

Watch BBC's Steve Rosenberg challenge Putin on his 25 years in power in Russia

Liam Love served with the Royal Anglian Regiment

'It was the call I hoped I'd never take'

Ukrainian armed forces truck driving off road as it attempts to evade Russian fire

'We were surrounded by Russian troops - but escaped'

Arms depot explosion in Russia

Watch: Huge explosion at Russia arms depot

Damaged building in Poltava, Ukraine, after missile strike

Aftermath of deadly Russian attack on Ukrainian city

Lady standing by road with flowers

Russians tell BBC they are worried and angry at Ukraine incursion

Journalist wearing a protective helmet speaks into the camera as troops behind her remove a Russian flag from a building.

Ukrainian TV films inside Russia as flag removed

Composite image shows an aeroplane in the air, a Russian flag being removed and debris on a road

BBC Verify analyses footage of Ukraine's incursion into Russia

An aerial image of a car being destroyed by a drone

How drones and the battle for Ukraine are changing the future of warfare

Sir Keir Starmer

Starmer's first PMQs question from Sunak as prime minister

Video of rocket in studio with presenter Merlyn Thomas as she gestures with her hands in front of screen displaying the video

BBC Verify looks at evidence linking Russia to Kyiv hospital strike

Smoke rises from collapsed hospital roof in Kyiv

Staff help clear rubble from destroyed Kyiv hospital

Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage: We provoked war in Ukraine

President Zelensky kneels to speak to a veteran in a wheelchair

Zelensky and D-Day veteran call each other 'hero'

The BBC's Jeremy Bowen standing in front of woman being evacuated from her home

Hard choices as Ukraine faces worst crisis since war began

A large fire can be seen raging at the Epicentr K home improvement store

Watch: BBC's Jeremy Bowen at the site of Kharkiv strike

Antony Blinken plays guitar in Kyiv

Blinken shows off guitar-playing talents on Ukraine trip

rescue services at scene of explosion

Russian apartments collapse after explosion

Flames rise from the domed 'Harry Potter castle' in Odesa

Ukraine's 'Harry Potter castle' hit in deadly Russian strike

TV tower collapsing with plume of smoke above it

TV tower breaks in half after strike on Ukraine

Pope Francis marked the start of the Jubilee year by opening the normally bricked-up Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica

Pope opens Holy Door to kick off special jubilee year

More than 30 million Catholic pilgrims are expected to head to Rome for the jubilee, which takes place once every 25 years.

Suspect in the German market attack appears at court on Saturday

Market attack suspect appears in court as anger grows over security

Suspect appears in court after attack on German Christmas market that killed five and injured more than 200.

Taleb al-Abdulmohsen

Watch Magdeburg attack suspect's 2019 interview with the BBC

Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen spoke about his work helping ex-Muslims flee the Gulf.

Bethany Bell wearing coat and scarf stands in the Christmas market which is cordoned off by police tape

Watch: Germany grapples with another Christmas market attack

The BBC's Bethany Bell reports from the empty Magdeburg market, on what should be one of the busiest nights of the season.

Emergency vehicles in Magdeburg

Reporter describes 'chaotic situation' after Christmas market attack

A car has been driven into crowds at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg.

A police office pointing a gun on a street in the dark

Video shows arrest of German Christmas market attack suspect

Footage from German broadcaster MDR shows police confronting a man lying on the floor by a car.

Macron in the crowds

Watch: Crowds boo President Macron in Mayotte

The French president spoke to residents on Mayotte while touring the devastation caused by Cyclone Chido.

Mayeni Jones in a yellow shirt talking into a microphone against a backdrop of scattered furniture and trees stripped of their leaves

Watch: BBC sees 'complete devastation' in Mayotte

BBC Africa Correspondent Mayeni Jones reports from cyclone-hit Mayotte, as French President Emmanuel Macron visits to assess the damage.

Dr Laurent Layet speaking in an office

Pelicot 'split personality' cause of 'deviant acts' says psychiatrist

Dr Laurent Layet explains how a seemingly ordinary man could commit these crimes.

Gisèle Pelicot speaking outside court surrounded by onlookers

'I never regretted decision to make trial public'

Speaking outside court, Gisèle Pelicot says she never regretted her decision to make her rape trial public.

Gisèle Pelicot in a crowd of journalists

Gisèle Pelicot arrives to supporters' cheers at Avignon court

Gisèle Pelicot pushes through crowds of journalist to attend court.

Crowds gather next to an area that has been surrounded by tape with a man in armour standing by.

Ros Atkins On... Igor Kirillov's death

The BBC's Analysis Editor, along with BBC Verify, takes a look at material from the scene to assess what we know.

The BBC's Steven Rosenberg outside the building where Lt Gen Igor Kirillov died in an explosion

BBC reporter at scene of explosion that killed a Russian general

Steven Rosenberg reports from where a Russian general died in a blast at a residential block.

Men guard a building with a blackened window in Moscow

Russian general killed by bomb in residential Moscow building

Lt Gen Igor Kirillov was leaving a residential block on Tuesday when a device hidden in a scooter went off.

Rescuer amongst debris and fallen trees in the street

Watch: Cyclone Chido batters Mayotte leaving heavy damage

Video footage shows the devastation wrought by the strongest storm in decades to strike the French territory.

Tanker sinking, oil spill

Watch: Video appears to show Russian tanker sinking

At least one crew member was reportedly killed and footage showed an oil spill amid a heavy storm

BBC correspondent surrounded by protesters holding photographs

Watch: BBC sees 'anger and frustration' on streets of Tbilisi

Large crowds of protesters gather outside the Georgian parliament to object to the appointment of a new president.

Journalist being approached by a masked man with his hand up

Moment Georgian press attacked by masked men

The journalist told the Associated Press that the men took their equipment after the attack.

President Macron speaks to Donald Trump at the reopening of the cathedral

Notre-Dame: World leaders join Macron for cathedral reopening

Notre Dame has officially reopened more than five years after it was badly damaged in a fire.

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