Putin Says Mariupol ‘Liberated,’ Calls Off Azovstal Plant Assault

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
planned assault on Ukrainian forces' last holdout.Mariupol, a highly strategic port on the Sea of Azov, has been under siege by Russian
forces for nearly two months
taken refuge in the Azovstal steel plant."Mariupol has been liberated," Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told Putin in a televised meeting
should always think, in this case especially, about saving the lives and health of our soldiers and officers
continued.The Azovstal plant has been subject to heavy Russian bombing in the last two weeks as Russian forces move to capture the last
Ukrainian forces.On Wednesday, a Ukrainian commander issued a desperate plea for international aid for the estimated 2,000 civilians
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