A group of civilians leaves a steel factory in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Hundreds of civilians sought refuge at the factory after Russian troops took control of the city.
Russia plans to annex much of eastern Ukraine later this month, a senior U.S. official warned, and the Mariupol steel mill that is the city’s last stronghold of resistance came under renewed assault a day after the first evacuation of civilians from the plant. Michael Carpenter, U.S. ambassador to the…