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Russia captures Mariupol

17 May 2022

Image Credit: Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images

On 17 May, after two months of gruesome fighting, Mariupol falls into Russian hands following the Ukrainian Azov's regiments surenders at the Azovtal steal plant. A total of 1,730 Ukrainian forces laid down their arms in Mariupol.

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