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May 17, 2022, 7 tweets

#BREAKING Russia says 265 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered at Azovstal: defence ministry

#UPDATE Russia's defence ministry said Tuesday that 265 Ukrainian soldiers, including several dozen wounded, surrendered at the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol

Map showing position of military forces in #Ukraine️ as of May 17, 0700 GMT
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#UPDATE Ukrainian authorities are seeking to extract the last defenders of the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol on Tuesday, as Russia said hundreds of soldiers who left in an earlier operation had surrendered
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#BREAKING International Criminal Court deploys 42 staffers to Ukraine: chief prosecutor

#UPDATE The International Criminal Court on Tuesday sent a 42-member team to Ukraine to probe alleged war crimes since the Russian invasion in what its chief prosecutor Karim Khan (pic) said was the largest such deployment in its history u.afp.com/w6zH

#UPDATE Russia said on Tuesday that 265 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered after staging a last stand at the besieged #Azovstal steelworks in Ukraine's Mariupol, prompting Kyiv to call for a prisoner exchange ▶️ u.afp.com/w6zy

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