Russian occupation authorities established checkpoints on Mariupol's main street and opened a filtration site on Prospekt Mira requiring ID checks for entry and exit.
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Russian occupation authorities established checkpoints on Mariupol's main street and opened a filtration site on Prospekt Mira requiring ID checks for entry and exit.
Mariupol Marines asked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoฤan to carry out their extraction to Turkey
Defenders called for a Dunkirk-style extraction procedure
Satellite images show ruins of most of the Azovstal steel plant buildings
Some plant buildings collapsed while others had visible large holes in the roofs
Civilians aged four months to 16 years were sheltering in the basement of the plant
It is unclear whether the basement with civilians survived the Russian military strikes
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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.223Z
Source story: day-66-2023-02-10