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May 19, 2022

Russia Claims Victory in Mariupol as Last Ukrainian Fighters Surrender 
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In Ukraine, the International Committee of the Red Cross has begun
registering hundreds of Ukrainian fighters as prisoners of war after
they surrendered in Mariupol. Russia now says over 1,700 Ukrainians have
surrendered since May 16, after a weeks-long standoff at the Azovstal
steel plant. Russia has threatened to hold war crimes trials for some of
the captured soldiers. Meanwhile, a 21-year-old Russian soldier has
pleaded guilty in the first war crimes trial conducted by Ukraine since
the start of the invasion. The soldier admitted to shooting dead a
62-year-old Ukrainian man in the region of Sumy.


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