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Russian Deputy PM visits ruined Ukrainian city of Mariupol

FILE PHOTO: Service members of pro-Russian troops walk towards buses carrying civilians, who were evacuated from Mariupol in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict, near a temporary accommodation centre in the village of Bezimenne in the Donetsk region, Ukraine May 7, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin has visited Mariupol, the country's most senior government official yet to set foot in the Ukrainian southern port city after weeks of Russian bombardment.

Russia, which sent thousands of troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24 in what it calls a special military operation, claimed taking control of the city on the Sea of Azov on April 21 after nearly two months of siege.

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