Ukraine declares end to battle for Mariupol, ceding control of key port city to Russia

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Ukraine says its soldiers defending the last pocket of Mariupol have stopped fighting, effectively ceding control of the southeastern port city to Russia after one of the bloodiest battles of the war.

and was an early target for the invasion. But Ukrainian troops held out, and much of the strategic city now lies in ruins after relentless Russian bombardment and a siegethe hulking Azovstal steelworks

More than 260 soldiers had been evacuated from the steel mill, some 50 of them seriously wounded, and taken to Russian-controlled territory, it said. Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereschuk, said on the messaging app Telegram that the aim is to exchange them for Russian prisoners of war.Alexey Kudenko / Sputnik via AP

The Russian ministry of defense said in its daily briefing Tuesday that the Ukrainian troops at the steel mill had"laid down their arms and surrendered." The city's leaders have been forced to plead for aid, hardly any of which was able to make it through. With bodies piling up in the streets, officials have turned to burying the dead in mass graves.

 

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Incase people don’t know the difference between Surrender and stopping.

You mean they lost the battle for Mariupol**

And this showing Russia is gaining more ground than what us in that west want to admit. Everyone thought that Ukraine was coming to save them but clearly as many have stated that was an impossible goal.

viva Russia you win the eastern region

It's not a surrender as long as they identify as the victors. Let's send them more money. We love Ukraine. I don't know why we do, but we do.

SURRENDERED

So much winning 😂

Finally the defeat and surrender of the neo-Nazis

According to cnn and other news outlets in the USA the Ukraine fighters were winning the battle... now we are hearing they surrendered..

In other words they have been defeated and have surrendered

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