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Putin hails ‘liberation’ of Mariupol as Russia claims control of city
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Burned vehicles are seen at the destroyed part of the Illich Iron & Steel Works Metallurgical Plant, as smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal during heavy fighting, in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, on April 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)
Russian President Vladimir Putin hails Russia’s “liberation” of Mariupol after Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told him Moscow controlled the Ukrainian port city with the exception of the Azovstal steel plant.
“Block off this industrial area so that not even a fly can escape,” Putin says in a televised meeting, adding that it would be “impractical” to storm the huge industrial area, where more than 2,000 Ukrainian servicemen remain, according to Shoigu.
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