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Fears for Mariupol fighters
Hundreds of evacuated Azovstal soldiers face an uncertain fate after surrendering and being taken to Russian-held territory – some to a prison colony.

Service members of Ukrainian forces who have surrendered after weeks holed up at Azovstal steel works inside a bus, which arrived under escort of the pro-Russian military at a detention facility in the Russian-held settlement of Olenivka.

Service members of Ukrainian forces who have surrendered after weeks holed up at Azovstal steel works inside a bus, which arrived under escort of the pro-Russian military at a detention facility in the settlement of Olenivka in the Donetsk Region, 

Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov says the war is “entering a protracted phase”. The fall of Mariupol appears at hand as Ukraine moves to abandon the Azovstal steel plant.

US State Dept asserts Washington will support Kyiv but it is up to Ukraine to define its own objectives in talks with Russia Putin.