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Russia Brands Ukrainian Steel Plant Defenders Terrorists

Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Ukraine’s Azov Regiment a terrorist organization, a designation that could lead to terror charges against some of the captured fighters who made their last stand inside Mariupol's shattered steel plant. Russia and its rebel allies are holding an estimated 1,000 Azov fighters prisoner, many…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia designates Ukraine’s Azov Regiment a ‘terrorist’ group

The Supreme Court ruling allows for lengthy prison terms for the members of the battalion.

Al Jazeera

Russia declares Ukrainian military unit a terrorist group

The Russian Supreme Court has declared Ukraine’s Azov Regiment a terrorist organization banned in Russia, a designation that may expose Ukrainian prisoners of war held by Moscow to terrorism charges

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Russia's supreme court designates Ukraine's Azov Regiment a 'terrorist' group

Russia's supreme court on Tuesday designated Ukraine's Azov Regiment as a terrorist group, a Reuters correspondent reported.

Reuters

Zelenskiy urges civilians to leave Donetsk as city of Bakhmut comes under attack – as it happened

Hundreds of thousands ‘must evacuate Donetsk’ to avoid falling into enemy hands, says Ukrainian president

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 158 of the invasion

Russian embassy call for Ukrainian executions condemned; strikes hit Kharkiv school; Gazprom halts gas to Latvia; Moscow bars NZ officials

The Guardian - AU

PoW families wait for news following Donetsk prison attack that killed 50

Wives of prisoners unsure whether loved ones survived blast in Olenivka as Russia and Ukraine blame each other

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Prison attack that killed Ukraine PoWs a war crime, says Zelenskiy, amid calls for UN inquiry

Ukraine president says more than 50 people died, as Moscow and Kyiv accuse each other of being behind attack on prison in Russian-occupied Donetsk

The Guardian - AU

Dozens dead in Ukraine prison blast as both sides trade blame

Ukraine says Russia trying to hide fact that Ukrainian prisoners of war were ‘tortured and murdered’

The Guardian - UK

Russia accuses Ukraine of killing POWs with HIMARS system

Moscow says Ukraine killed 40 prisoners in an attack conducted with the US-made rocket system, a claim Kyiv denies.

Al Jazeera

Some captured Azov fighters will face trial, Putin ally says

Some captured members of Ukraine's Azov Regiment will face trial, the speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament said on Thursday, a day after Russia's top court postponed a decision on whether to brand the unit as a terrorist entity.

Reuters

Ukraine announces largest exchange of prisoners of war since Russia invaded

144 Ukrainian soldiers have been released, including 95 who defended the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine Wins Release of 144 Soldiers in Biggest Prisoner Swap of War

Ukraine on Wednesday carried out its biggest exchange of prisoners of war since Russia invaded, securing the release of 144 of its soldiers, including 95 who defended Mariupol's steelworkers, Ukraine's military intelligence agency said. The majority of the Ukrainians were badly wounded, suffering from gunshot and shrapnel wounds, blast traumas,…

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Ukraine wins release of 144 soldiers in biggest prisoner swap of war

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Pro-Russian DPR Shows What The Azovstal Steel Works Look Like Now, One Month After Azov Fighters Surrendered

Newly released footage shows the remains of Azovstal iron and steel works after its surrender.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine hails release of medic who filmed horrors of Mariupol siege

Footage from Yuliia Paievska was smuggled out of city in a tampon before her capture by Russian soldiers

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: NATO warns war could last years

Russia-Ukraine news from June 19: Warning of protracted war comes as Russia intensifies its assault on eastern Ukraine.

Reuters

Top Azovstal commanders transferred to Russia for investigation - TASS

Two top commanders of fighters who defended the Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine's southeastern port of Mariupol have been transferred to Russia for investigation, Russia's state news agency TASS reported.

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The Independent UK

Ukraine forces outgunned up to 40 to one by Russian forces, intelligence report reveals

Exclusive: Grinding conflict in east is ‘seriously demoralising’ Ukrainian forces, dossier says

France 24

Russian forces now control 'most' of Severodonetsk, local governor says

Russian forces now control "most" of the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk after days of fierce fighting, the regional governor of Luhansk said Tuesday. Governor Sergiy Gaiday said "90 percent" of the city was destroyed and there was now no possibility of leaving Severodonetsk. Read our live blog to see…

Reuters

Relatives of Ukraine's evacuated Azovstal fighters seek news

Relatives of Ukrainian fighters who remained for weeks under the besieged Azovstal steel works said on Monday they had received no news of the whereabouts of their loved ones since they were evacuated to Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian soldiers captured at Azovstal plant in ‘satisfactory’ conditions

Unit commander’s wife receives call saying prisoners have not been subjected to violence by Russian forces

Zenger

VIDEO: Ink-Redible Truth: Russia Forces Captured Ukrainian Troops To Show Off Their Nazi Tattoos

An astonishing footage shows the last Ukrainian holdouts' Nazi tattoos.

The Guardian - AU

Russia bans 963 Americans from country - as it happened

Joe Biden among those banned after signing $40bn aid package for Ukraine; Finnish president says he held ‘open and direct’ talks with his Turkish counterpart. This blog is now closed

Daily Mirror

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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