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Moscow: Russian Defence Ministry on Thursday has claimed that a total of 1,730 Ukrainian soldiers from Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol have surrendered since Monday.
Russia said it includes 771 who surrendered in past 24 hours, of whom 80 were wounded, according to The Guardian.
The ministry said “those in need of inpatient treatment receive assistance in medical institutions” in Novoazovsk and Donetsk.
The International Committee for Red Cross has stated that it has now registered “hundreds” of Ukrainian POWs who left the Azovstal steel plant this week, The Guadian said in its report.