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Russia’s Claim of Mariupol’s Capture Fuels Concern for POWs

Russia’s claimed seizure of a Mariupol steel plant that became a symbol of Ukrainian tenacity gives Russian President Vladimir Putin a badly wanted victory in the war he began, capping a nearly three-month siege that left a city in ruins and more than 20,000 residents feared dead. After the Russian…

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EXPLAINER: Who were Mariupol's last defenders?

The Ukrainian forces who made a determined last stand in a Mariupol steel mill against Russian troops were a mixture of seasoned soldiers, border guards, a controversial national guard regiment and volunteers who took up arms in the weeks before Russia’s invasion

The Independent UK

Poignant last post of iconic Azovstal Ukrainian solder as Mariupol steelworks falls

A soldier from the elite Azov Regiment had documented resistance to Russians at the steel plant which he described as 'the place of my death and my life'

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Ukrainian fighter's wife hopes prisoner swap pans out with Russia

As Ukrainian fighters left the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol this week and ended their dramatic last stand against Russia's siege, Mariia Zimareva tried in vain to spot her husband amid the flood of news pictures being published.

Reuters

Troops who defended Mariupol steel mill registered as POWs

Amid fear of Russian reprisals, hundreds of Ukrainian fighters who surrendered after enduring the merciless assault on Mariupol’s steel factory have been registered as prisoners of war

The Independent UK

Siege ends at Ukraine's Mariupol steelworks, Russia seeks control of Donbas

The last Ukrainian forces holed up in Mariupol's smashed Azovstal steelworks surrendered on Friday, Russia's defense ministry said, ending the most destructive siege of the war as Moscow fought to cement control over the Donbas region.

Reuters

What might happen to Ukraine’s Azovstal prisoners of war?

Attention now is turning to how the Mariupol POWs might be treated and what rights they have as prisoners of Russia.

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EXPLAINER: What might happen to 100s of Ukrainian POWs?

The Red Cross says it has registered “hundreds” of Ukrainians POWs who have left the giant Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol after holding out in a weeks-long standoff with besieging Russian forces

The Independent UK

Over half of Ukrainian fighters have left Azovstal, pro-Russian separatist says

More than half the Ukrainian fighters in the bunkers below the Azovstal steel plant have surrendered, the leader of the Russian-backed rebel Donetsk region said on Thursday, and the International Committee of the Red Cross is registering them.

Reuters

Russia 'could swap Ukrainian steel plant siege heroes with imprisoned officers'

Even as hundreds of soldiers evacuated their Mariupol bunker, Russian forces continued to pound Ukraine with missiles, killing ten civilians and injuring three in a strike on Chernihiv

Daily Mirror

Russian parliament to consider ban on exchanging Ukrainian Azov prisoners

Russia's parliament will consider banning the exchange of Russian prisoners of war for captured members of Ukraine's Azov Regiment, the speaker said on Tuesday, after the last Ukrainian defenders of Mariupol's Azovstal steel works surrendered to Russian forces.

Reuters

Factbox-Last defenders of Mariupol: what is Ukraine's Azov Regiment?

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks poised to take full control of Ukraine's southeastern port city of Mariupol after the apparent surrender of the last Ukrainian forces holed up at a vast steel works.

Reuters

VIDEO: Pov Gunfight: Videogame Moment Ukrainian Fighters Shoot At Russian Troops In Azovstal Plant

The footage was filmed at the Azovstal iron and steel plant in the under-siege Ukrainian city of Mariupol.

Zenger

‘Don’t let them die’: Wives of last remaining Azovstal fighters plead with Pope Francis for help

‘Don’t let them die,’ the women said pleading with the Pope for support

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'Please don't let them die' wives of Azov fighters beg pope

The wives of two of the last remaining Ukrainian fighters holed up in Mariupol's steelworks asked Pope Francis on Wednesday to help get soldiers to a third country, with one telling him: "please don't let them die".

The Independent UK

Fighters appeal for evacuation of wounded from Mariupol mill

Fighters of the Azov Regiment, the Ukrainian unit holed up in the besieged Azovstal steel mill in the devastated port city of Mariupol, have released photos of their wounded comrades in arms who they say are in the plant, along with an appeal to the United Nations and Red Cross…

Evening Standard

Ukrainian soldiers at besieged Azovstal plant vow: ‘We will continue to fight as long as we are alive’

Soldiers from the Azov regiment are refusing to surrender despite being vastly outnumbered

The Independent UK

Last Ukrainians in besieged Mariupol steelworks ‘will fight until death’

An estimated 2,000 fighters remain at Azovstal, both those still in combat and those that are wounded

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The Independent UK

Live updates | Canada's Trudeau in Ukraine to offer support

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a surprise visit to Ukraine amid Russia’s war on the country

The Independent UK

Russia ‘stealing grain’ in Ukraine sparks fears of ‘famine and deepening food crisis’

‘Chechen soldiers, fighting for Russia, act like criminals in the 1990s,’ says mayor of Melitopol

WEKU

Inside the Azovstal factory: Ukrainians 'only hope for a miracle'

The close-quarter battle inside the Azovstal factory the last Ukrainian stronghold of the strategic port city

The Independent UK

Defenders inside Ukrainian steel mill refuse to surrender

Ukrainian fighters battling Russian forces in the tunnels beneath Mariupol’s immense steel plant are refusing to surrender in the face of relentless attacks

Reuters

Fighting blocks evacuation attempts at Mariupol steel works, fighter says

A Ukrainian fighter holed up in a vast steel works in the southern city of Mariupol accused Russian forces of breaking a promise to allow a ceasefire on Thursday so that civilians could be evacuated.

The Independent UK

Easy out from steel mill seen as unlikely for Ukraine troops

With the evacuation of some civilians from a sprawling steel mill besieged by Russian forces in the port of Mariupol, attention is turning to the fate of hundreds of Ukrainian troops still inside after weeks in the plant's warren of underground tunnels and bunkers

Reuters

Ukraine fighter says civilians remain trapped in Mariupol steel works

A Ukrainian fighter holed up the city of Mariupol said on Monday that up to 200 civilians remained trapped inside bunkers in the Azovstal steel works after an evacuation operation led by the United Nations to save civilians from the site.

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