ICRC delegation joined seven buses traveling from Manhush to Mariupol.
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ICRC delegation joined 7 buses on their way to Mariupol from Manhush
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
About 70,000 have been able to escape the city to nearby villages
British intelligence states Mariupol is almost certainly the main object of Russian occupiers.
As of 12:00 on April 4, the Russian enemy was preparing an attack on Severodonetsk and in the direction of Sloviansk.
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