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NPR Staff

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (June 8)

The Ukrainian parliament's Ruslan Stefanchuk delivers a speech at the European Parliament on Wednesday in Strasbourg, France. (Jean-Francois Badias/AP)

As Wednesday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day:

Russia turned over the bodies of 210 Ukrainian soldiers killed in Mariupol, Ukraine's Defense Ministry said. Many of the troops died defending the last holdout in the southeastern city, the Azovstal steel plant. Russia seized control of Mariupol in May after a weeks-long siege culminated in fierce fighting against a Ukrainian regiment at the steel plant. Russia said more than 2,400 of the fighters surrendered. Ukraine's government said remains of fallen Azovstal defenders arrived in Kyiv following an exchange of war dead with Russia.

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