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Russia's defence chief said on Friday the country's forces have taken full control of the steel plant in Mariupol that was the last stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in the city.

Ukrainian captured soldiers have revealed their treatment at the hands of the Russians after around 1,000 fighters surrendered at the Azovstal plant this week leaving them in detention camps

The Russian MoD has claimed that nearly 1,000 Ukrainian fighters have surrendered at the Azovstal plant in the war-torn city of Mariupol so far this week.

Fate of soldiers leaving Azovstal site unclear and numbers not confirmed by Ukraine

Analysis: prisoners of war are protected under treaties unless accused of war crimes

Russia said on Wednesday that a total of 959 Ukrainian fighters, including 80 wounded, had surrendered from the bunkers and tunnels below Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks since Monday.

Video footage shows combat medic Kateryna, dubbed the 'Singing Soldier of Azovstal', singing at a march of Ukrainian nationalists has gone viral online

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

Fighters of the Azov Regiment, the Ukrainian unit holed up in the besieged Azovstal steel mill in the devastated port city of Mariupol, have released photos of their wounded comrades in arms who they say are in the plant, along with an appeal to the United Nations and Red Cross…

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Confusion reigns over fighting at Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol as war shifts to grinding artillery duel