Ukrainian military commanders transferred command duties within the Azov Regiment in Mariupol prior to their capture.
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Denys Prokopenko, Commander of the Azov Regiment, handed over his duties to Mykyta Nadtochii.
A bullet fired by a Russian sniper hit Azov Brigade member Artem Dubyna in the head and passed through his neck.
In early May, Ukrainian gunners operating 60 to 80 M777 cannon rushed to the front brought Russia's last full-on combined arms operation of the war to a bloody halt
The inaugural target would be a radar-equipped armored vehicle known as a Zoopark, which the Russians could use to find weapons systems like the Ukrainians' M777s.
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