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Fears rise for 2,500 Ukrainian POWs from steel plant that Russia labelled neo-Nazis

Russian forces frisk Ukrainian fighters as they leave the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. (AP)

Russia has claimed to have taken prisoner nearly 2,500 Ukrainian fighters from the besieged Mariupol steel plant, and concerns are growing over their fate after a Moscow-backed separatist leader vowed they would face tribunals.

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