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Mariupol defender becomes a widow three days after marrying fellow soldier in Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks

Ukrainian border guard Andriy (right) was reportedly killed three days after marrying Valeria Karpylenko (left) in the Mariupol steelworks.  (Supplied)

A member of the Ukrainian National Guard who was holding out in Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks has reportedly been killed, just three days after marrying a fellow soldier. 

An unknown number of Ukrainian soldiers remain in the tunnels beneath the fortress-like steelworks that have been under siege by Russian forces for weeks.

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