According to British information, the Russian army has lost at least one modern T-90M tank. The best Russian troops, including those deployed in Ukraine, have about a hundred.
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According to Russia, the evacuation from the Azovstal Mariupol steelworks, which has managed to get about 500 civilians in recent days, is to continue over the weekend.
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According to the AP, speculation is growing that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to end the Battle of Mariupol so that he can report success in celebrating the anniversary of the end of World War II.
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On the anniversary of the end of the war, Ukraine’s Deputy Interior Minister Yevhen Jenin said that “while the civilized world commemorates the war victims, the Russian Federation is holding parades and dancing on the graves of the people of Mariupol.”
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