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AFP

RUSSIA’S defence ministry said yesterday that 1 730 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered this week at the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol. “Over the past 24 hours, 771 militants of the Azov nationalist regiment surrendered,” the ministry said. “Since May 16, 1 730 militants have surrendered, including 80 wounded.” It released a video that appeared to show the surrendered soldiers walking out of the plant. Ukraine has indicated that it will seek a prisoner swap for fighters who surrendered at Azovstal, but Moscow has yet to give a definitive answer. |

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