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‘No one came out of there unchanged’: the Ukrainian soldiers who survived the siege of Azovstal

Thousands took shelter in the tunnels of the steelworks in Mariupol for more than two months as Russia bombarded it with missiles. It remains unclear how many are now in captivity

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine’s Mariupol defenders, Putin ally in prisoner swap

Ukraine has completed a high-profile prisoner swap with Russia, the culmination of months of efforts to free many of the Ukrainian fighters who defended a steel plant in the port of Mariupol during a months-long Russian siege

The Independent UK

Ukraine’s Azov Special Forces Destroy Russian HQ And Tank

The footage was obtained from the Office of Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Wednesday, August 17.

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Azov Special Forces Destroy Ammo Depot And Russian BMPs In Kharkiv Region

The footage was obtained from SSO Azov-Kharkiv on Monday, August 15 along with a statement.

Zenger

Relatives of POWs call on Red Cross to help find loved ones

Relatives of prisoners of war taken captive by Russia after the fall of Azovstal steel plant are calling for answers a week on from a prison attack in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine that reportedly killed dozens

The Independent UK

Azov Special Forces Troops Hunted Down And Destroyed Two Russian BMP-3s In One Day

The Azov Regiment is a notorious group of soldiers who were officially incorporated into the National Guard of Ukraine in 2014.

Zenger

'They're not terrorists', says wife of Azov fighter after Russia designation

As Russia's top court branded Ukraine's Azov Regiment a "terrorist organisation" on Tuesday, the wife of an Azov soldier held in Russian custody said she hoped the designation would not stop her husband and fellow soldiers eventually being released.

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Russia Brands Ukrainian Steel Plant Defenders Terrorists

Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Ukraine’s Azov Regiment a terrorist organization, a designation that could lead to terror charges against some of the captured fighters who made their last stand inside Mariupol's shattered steel plant. Russia and its rebel allies are holding an estimated 1,000 Azov fighters prisoner, many…

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Ukrainian officials press for information on prison attack

Ukrainian officials say they are struggling to establish the truth surrounding an explosion that killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war captured by the Russians following the fall of Mariupol

The Independent UK

Russia designates Ukraine’s Azov Regiment a ‘terrorist’ group

The Supreme Court ruling allows for lengthy prison terms for the members of the battalion.

Al Jazeera

Russia declares Ukrainian military unit a terrorist group

The Russian Supreme Court has declared Ukraine’s Azov Regiment a terrorist organization banned in Russia, a designation that may expose Ukrainian prisoners of war held by Moscow to terrorism charges

The Independent UK

Russia's supreme court designates Ukraine's Azov Regiment a 'terrorist' group

Russia's supreme court on Tuesday designated Ukraine's Azov Regiment as a terrorist group, a Reuters correspondent reported.

Reuters

Some captured Azov fighters will face trial, Putin ally says

Some captured members of Ukraine's Azov Regiment will face trial, the speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament said on Thursday, a day after Russia's top court postponed a decision on whether to brand the unit as a terrorist entity.

Reuters

Russian court postpones ruling on whether to label Mariupol regiment as terrorists

Russia's Supreme Court on Wednesday postponed for the second time a hearing on whether to designate Ukraine's Azov Regiment, which defied besieging Russian forces for weeks in Mariupol, as a terrorist entity.

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Al Jazeera

Will the war with Russia rein in Ukraine’s oligarchs?

The conflict may harm rich figures in financial terms and hand Zelenskyy victory in his battle against their influence.

Zenger

Pro-Russian DPR Shows What The Azovstal Steel Works Look Like Now, One Month After Azov Fighters Surrendered

Newly released footage shows the remains of Azovstal iron and steel works after its surrender.

The Independent UK

Live updates | Russia: we've destroyed artillery from West

The Russian military says it has destroyed several artillery systems provided by the West in the latest series of strikes on Ukrainian targets

Evening Standard

Russia begins returning bodies of Ukrainian fighters killed at Azovstal steel mill

The Azov Regiment was among the Ukrainian units that defended the factory for nearly three months before surrendering

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Live: UN nuclear watchdog says Chernobyl radiation detectors back online, levels normal

Radiation detectors around Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant are back online for the first time since Russia's invasion and radiation levels are normal, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday. Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov began a two-day visit to Turkey for talks on unblocking grain exports from Ukraine,…

The Independent UK

AP Exclusive: Russia begins returning bodies from steel mill

Dozens of Ukrainian fighters killed at the Azovstal steelworks have been returned to Ukraine by the Russians who now occupy the fortress-like plant in the destroyed city of Mariupol

Wales Online

Ukraine recovers bodies from steel plant siege

Dozens of the dead have been transferred to Kyiv

The Independent UK

Russian soldier gets life for killing Ukrainian civilian

A Ukrainian court sentenced a captured Russian soldier to the maximum penalty of life in prison for killing a civilian, and the Kremlin hinted that it may put on trial some of the fighters who surrendered at Mariupol’s steelworks

Zenger

VIDEO: Ink-Redible Truth: Russia Forces Captured Ukrainian Troops To Show Off Their Nazi Tattoos

An astonishing footage shows the last Ukrainian holdouts' Nazi tattoos.

ABC News

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

A Moscow-backed separatist leader says nearly 2,500 Ukrainian fighters taken prisoner from the besieged Mariupol steel plant will face tribunals.

The Guardian - UK

Zelenskiy signals readiness for new talks if Mariupol troops are not harmed

Ukrainian leader tells TV station ‘there are things that can only be reached at the negotiating table’

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