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“People called our withdrawal from Azovstal 'evacuation'. I was 'evacuated' to a Russian prison for two years.” A 23-year-old soldier freed from Russian captivity tells his story

On 15 May 2022, fighting and shelling ceased at the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol, which was encircled by Russian forces.
The next day, Ukrainian soldiers ​​started to exit the plant on the orders of the country’s top military and political…