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Azovstal

Illia Samoilenko, a lieutenant in Ukraine's Azov Regiment, speaks to The Times of Israel in Jerusalem, December 14, 2022 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
December 20, 2022, 7:54 am
After 4 months in Russian solitary, Ukrainian officer visits Israel, tells his story
Illia Samoilenko, a soldier in the controversial Azov Regiment, survived a siege and months as a POW in Moscow; says he still has much work to do, sympathizes with Israel’s stance
By Lazar Berman
Ukrainian soldiers released in a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine, hold the Ukrainian flag close to Chernihiv, Ukraine, Sept. 21, 2022. (Ukrainian Security service Press Office via AP)
September 22, 2022, 12:12 pm
Russia frees 215 Mariupol defenders in swap for Putin oligarch ally and 54 others
Kyiv says it secured freedom for hundreds who fought at Azovstal in exchange for Ukrainian pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Medvedchuk; deal mediated by Saudi Arabia, Turkey
By Karl Ritter
Vlada (L) and Ludmilla speak to The Times of Israel in Kyiv, August 4, 2022 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
August 12, 2022, 2:17 pm
With loved ones in Russian camps, Ukrainian women fight to bring them home
Fiancées and mothers tell The Times of Israel they don’t know if Azovstal POWs are alive, and feel abandoned by Red Cross and government; ask Kyiv rabbi to petition Israel for help
By Lazar Berman
The Metallurgical Combine Azovstal, damaged during fighting, is seen from the Mariupol Sea Port in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo)
June 21, 2022, 9:30 pm
‘The impossible’: Ukraine’s secret, deadly rescue missions to Azovstal
A 20-year-old soldier calling himself ‘Buffalo’ recounts fulfilling ‘dream’ of flying helicopter, almost being abandoned during rescue operation in Mariupol
By John Leicester and HANNA ARHIROVA
The Metallurgical Combine Azovstal, damaged during fighting, is seen from the Mariupol Sea Port in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo)
June 6, 2022, 8:44 pm
Ukraine recovers bodies from Mariupol steel-plant siege after Russian takeover
Remains taken to Kyiv for DNA testing, identification; negotiations ongoing to secure release of 2,500 fighters taken captive by Russia after surrender of strategic Azovstal plant
By John Leicester and HANNA ARHIROVA
In this photo taken from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on May 18, 2022, a Russian serviceman frisks a Ukrainian soldier after he left the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
May 19, 2022, 12:52 pm
Red Cross says it has registered hundreds of Ukrainian POWs from Mariupol
Head of self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic says soldiers who needed medical assistance have been hospitalized while others were put in detention facility
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN
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