Russia Takes Port City Of Mariupol, Ukraine

After 3 months of fighting, Russia has now captured the port city of Mariupol, Ukraine which not only gives Russia a land bridge corridor to the Crimean Peninsula, it also takes a key port away from Ukraine.

Ukraine formally declared that its combat mission in Mariupol has ended on Monday. Evacuations of Ukrainian soldiers from the Azovstal steel plant began being carried out that day.

The Russian Defense Ministry has stated that almost 1,000 soldiers have surrendered since. It is not clear how many Ukrainians are now left in the port city of Mariupol.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on Wednesday, "The evacuation mission continues, it is overseen by our military and intelligence. The most influential international mediators are involved".

Ukrainian officials have expressed their desire for the evacuated soldiers to be exchanged in prisoner swaps, but Russian politicians have voiced that they are against this and called the soldiers that were defending Mariupol "Nazi criminals".
 

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