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DNIPRO, Ukraine — As Russia faced new international condemnation Wednesday over mounting evidence of atrocities by its troops, Moscow asserted that more than 1,000 Ukrainian troops in Mariupol had surrendered, dealing what would be a heavy blow to defenders’ desperate efforts to hold the strategic southern port city.

Zenger News obtained the images from the Russian Ministry of Defense along with a statement, on Wednesday, 13th April.

The Sea of Azov port of Mariupol, reduced to a wasteland by seven weeks of siege and bombardment that Ukraine says killed tens of thousands of civilians, could become the first big city captured by Russia since its invasion.

Bodyguards escorting Vladimir Putin to official visits have been seen carrying a suspicious black briefcase, believed to contain the means of launching Russia's strategic nuclear missiles.

Russia says it has taken control of the port in Mariupol and that more than 1,000 Ukrainian marines have surrendered in the south-eastern Ukrainian city.

More than 1,000 Ukrainian marines have surrendered in the port of Mariupol, Russia's defense ministry said on Wednesday, signalling that it had moved closer to capturing the ruined city, its main strategic target in eastern Ukraine. Taking the Azovstal industrial district, where the marines have been holed up, would give…

Chechen troops are fighting alongside Russian forces in one of the war's bloodiest inch-by-inch battles.

Moscow insists its offensive is unfolding as expected despite withdrawal and heavy losses

Russia said on Wednesday that claims by the United States and Ukraine that Russia could use chemical weapons in Ukraine were disinformation because Moscow destroyed its last chemical stockpiles in 2017. Ukraine's defense ministry said on Tuesday that it was checking claims that Russia may have used chemical weapons in…