Russia advances as Mariupol siege ends

Russia claims full control of Mariupol
Russia has control of the Mariupol steelworks after the Ukrainian defenders surrendered. -AP

Russia has claimed victory in a months-long battle for Mariupol's Avostal steel plant, taking it a step nearer to its goal of controlling Ukraine's Donbas region, and halted gas exports to Finland in an escalation of an energy payment dispute with Western nations.

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