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Ukrainian soldiers evacuated from Mariupol steelworks

Russia is close to taking full control of Mariupol after the surrender of hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers holed up in the Azovstal steelworks. Nearly 300 of the fighters, some severely wounded, were taken to territory held by Moscow's forces.

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A Russian military helicopter flies over buses with Ukrainian servicemen evacuated from the besieged Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant traveling to a prison in Olyonivka, territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. More than 260 fighters, some severely wounded, were pulled from a steel plant on Monday that is the last redoubt of Ukrainian fighters in the city and transported to two towns controlled by separatists, officials on both sides said. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

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