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BIZARRE: Azov gpe - What They Never Told You

Ukraine’s military chief ‘must go’, says commander who quit to speak out

Oleksandr Syrskyi risking lives with ‘borderline criminal’ orders, says Bohdan Krotevych, former Azov brigade leader

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine Source Says Kyiv Behind Oil Tanks Attack In Russia

Ukrainian forces staged an overnight drone attack that set several oil storage tanks ablaze near the town of Azov in southern Russia, a source in Kyiv told AFP on Tuesday.

International Business Times

Elite force bucks trend of Ukrainian losses on eastern front

The Azov brigade, which leaders say has a culture of ‘mutual respect’, is tasked with repelling relentless Russian attacks as the invaders make most of artillery mismatch

The Guardian - UK

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Escape from Mariupol: how one Ukrainian soldier fled the Azovstal steelworks against the odds

The odyssey of Oleksandr Ivantsov who fought with the Azov brigade

The Guardian - UK

‘No one came out of there unchanged’: the Ukrainian soldiers who survived the siege of Azovstal

Thousands took shelter in the tunnels of the steelworks in Mariupol for more than two months as Russia bombarded it with missiles. It remains unclear how many are now in captivity

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine celebrates release of over 200 captives in surprise swap with Russia

Commanders who led defence of Azovstal steelworks among those freed in exchange for Putin ally and 55 Russian soldiers

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine’s Azov Special Forces Destroy Russian HQ And Tank

The footage was obtained from the Office of Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Wednesday, August 17.

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Azov Special Forces Troops Hunted Down And Destroyed Two Russian BMP-3s In One Day

The Azov Regiment is a notorious group of soldiers who were officially incorporated into the National Guard of Ukraine in 2014.

Zenger

Azov Special Forces And Counterintelligence Drop Bombs On Russian BMPs Using Drones

Azov special forces working with counterintelligence officers from the Ukrainian Security service have taken out Russian BMPs by dropping bombs on them using drones, as this footage shows.

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Scores of Ukraine Azovstal fighters' bodies still in Mariupol, ex-commander says

The bodies of scores of Ukrainian fighters killed during the siege of the Azovstal steelworks in the southern city of Mariupol are still awaiting retrieval, the former commander of Ukraine's Azov National Guard regiment said on Sunday.

Reuters

Russian Sappers Claim To Find Plentiful Food And Water In Azovstal Plant After Surrender

This is the moment Russian sappers explore the abandoned Azovstal plant and apparently discover plentiful supplies of food, water and equipment left by the Azov Battalion after their surrender.

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VIDEO: War In Ukraine: Azov Fighters Describe Conditions At Russian Detention Camp Post Surrendering

Ukrainian ‘Azov’ soldiers have spoken about the conditions they are experiencing in a Russian detention camp after surrendering at the besieged Azovstal plant earlier this week.

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VIDEO: War In Ukraine: Surrendering Orders Issued While Military Leaders Claim They’re Fighting Back

The deputy commander of the Azov regiment, Svyatoslav Palamar, states in a YouTube video that they are still fighting in Mariupol.

Zenger

Russia claims complete control over Mariupol after ‘capturing Azovstal steel plant’

Victory in port city a symbolic boost to Vladimir Putin in faltering war on Ukraine

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Russia claims to have ‘completely liberated’ Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol

Russia's defence chief said on Friday the country's forces have taken full control of the steel plant in Mariupol that was the last stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in the city.

Daily Mirror

Soldiers from feared Ukrainian regiment share horror conditions inside Russian camp

Ukrainian captured soldiers have revealed their treatment at the hands of the Russians after around 1,000 fighters surrendered at the Azovstal plant this week leaving them in detention camps

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VIDEO: War In Ukraine: Russia Claims Nearly 1,000 Ukrainian Soldiers Surrendered At Azovstal Plant

The Russian MoD has claimed that nearly 1,000 Ukrainian fighters have surrendered at the Azovstal plant in the war-torn city of Mariupol so far this week.

The Guardian - UK

Russia says 900 Ukrainian troops sent to prison colony from Mariupol

Fate of soldiers leaving Azovstal site unclear and numbers not confirmed by Ukraine

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The Guardian - UK

Russian prosecutions of Azov fighters could breach Geneva conventions

Analysis: prisoners of war are protected under treaties unless accused of war crimes

Reuters

Russia says 959 Ukrainian fighters surrendered from Azovstal so far

Russia said on Wednesday that a total of 959 Ukrainian fighters, including 80 wounded, had surrendered from the bunkers and tunnels below Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks since Monday.

Daily Mirror

'Singing soldier of Azovstal' belts out song as she inspires Ukrainians against Russia

Video footage shows combat medic Kateryna, dubbed the 'Singing Soldier of Azovstal', singing at a march of Ukrainian nationalists has gone viral online

ABC News

Mariupol defender becomes a widow three days after marrying fellow soldier in Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks

A member of the Ukrainian National Guard holding out in Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks has reportedly been killed just three days after marrying a fellow soldier.

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…

The Guardian - AU

Evacuation operations continue from Mariupol with 40 civilians rescued on Friday – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Russia opens artillery barrages in south and east Ukraine

Confusion reigns over fighting at Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol as war shifts to grinding artillery duel

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