The territory occupied by Russian forces so far in the three-month-old invasion deserves “a worthy place in our Russian family,” a Kremlin official who toured the region said.
Tag: Mariupol (Ukraine)
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Your Thursday Evening Briefing
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
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Russia Uses Surrender in Mariupol to Portray Ukrainians as Terrorists
Many soldiers who surrendered from Mariupol’s Azovstal steel plant belong to the Azov battalion, a group with far-right roots, and the Kremlin may now put them on trial just as Ukraine is prosecuting Russians for war crimes.
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The Battle for Azovstal: A Soldier’s Story
The surrender of a steel plant in Mariupol gave Russia a rare victory but has already become a rallying cry for further resistance in Ukraine.