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Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office sends indictment against Russian Lieutenant General Andrei Mordvichev to court for ordering the storming of Azovstal plant in Mariupol.

Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast
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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Andrei Mordvichev, as commander of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army, gave orders to storm Azovstal plant in Mariupol

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Mordvichev is accused of committing deliberate actions to change the borders of Ukraine in violation of the Constitution, leading to death and grave consequences

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Mordvichev is accused of conducting an aggressive war

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Mordvichev was in charge of military planning, coordination and management of Russian military formations during inspections in Mariupol district

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Mordvichev ordered shelling of civilians in Donetsk Oblast and occupation of the region

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Mordvichev participated in meetings with heads of the Donetsk People's Republic and Chechen Republic to develop plan for capturing Mariupol and storming Azovstal

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Mordvichev coordinated actions to intensify assault on Azovstal and murder of Ukrainian military commanders

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Mordvichev is currently wanted, hiding from investigation

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

According to the Ukrainian military, Russian units faced 'colossal losses' near the towns of Avdiivka and Marinka in Donetsk Oblast in recent days.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Rinat Akhmetov, as an investor, will demand compensation from Russia for all losses caused to him as a result of interference in the activities or expropriation of assets and investments by the so-called "DNR" and "LNR" under the leadership or control of Russia in 2014-2017

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

On 24 Feb. 2022, the Russian army began a large-scale invasion of Ukraine

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

In 2018, a lawsuit was already filed with the Arbitration Court in The Hague regarding the energy assets of the DTEK energy holding in the annexed Crimea

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

In 2022, a lawsuit was filed to the ECHR with a list of assets destroyed or seized after Russia's full-scale invasion

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Wagner mercenaries are suffering colossal losses in the Bakhmut direction and will cease to be a powerful military unit in the short term.

Censor.NET → Source tone: uncertain

Russian military achievements in the Bakhmut direction were achieved exclusively through 'meat assaults'.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

There are signs of disagreement between the Russian General Staff and Yevgeny Prigozhin regarding the Wagner PMC.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:21:04.044Z

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