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May 16, 2022, 5 tweets

#BREAKING More than 260 Ukrainian soldiers evacuated from Azovstal: defence ministry

#UPDATE Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steelworks -- the last holdout of troops defending the southern port city of Mariupol -- Kyiv says

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Rattled by Russia, Finns flock to military training.

On a military island off Helsinki, people from all walks of life are spending a weekend doing military training, as volunteer numbers soar and Finland readies to join NATO to protect itself from Russia

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"I just want the peaceful sky above my head -- and my children to live in a free world."

Fear and hope under fire in Ukrainian village near Russian border

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Young, poor and from minorities: the Russian troops killed in Ukraine.

The loss of rank-and-file soldiers has been devastating with observers believing the Russian toll could be exceeding the 15,000 Soviet soldiers killed during the 1979-1989 Afghan war

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