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Ukrainian troops surrender in Mariupol

One of the deadliest battles in the conflict in Ukraine has ended. Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers who were defending a steel plant in Mariupol have surrendered and are now being held in Russian-occupied territory in the east of Ukraine.

Here & Now‘s Anthony Brooks gets the latest from NPR’s Jason Beaubien in Kharkiv.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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