Ukrainian Marine Ruslan Kurtmallayev, a senior sergeant and platoon commander with the 501st Separate Marine Battalion, was captured by Russian forces in Mariupol on April 4, 2022, and subsequently spent more than two years in solitary confinement.
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Ruslan Kurtmallayev was captured in Mariupol on April 4, 2022
He served as a senior sergeant and platoon commander with the 501st Separate Marine Battalion of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade
He is a 32-year-old Crimean Tatar native of the Dzhankoi district in Crimea
He had served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces since 2014
He spent more than two years of his captivity in solitary confinement
Mariupol remains under blockade
Green corridor promised for Red Cross did not function
Vanda Obiedkova died on April 4, 2022
Vanda Obiedkova died in a bomb shelter in Mariupol
Vanda Obiedkova was 91 years old
Vanda Obiedkova survived the Holocaust during World War II
Chabad media outlet reported Vanda Obiedkova's death on April 19, 2022
Mariupol has been 90 percent destroyed according to the mayor
On April 4, Russian occupation troops launched eight aerial attacks in Mariupol.
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