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An additional 30,000 people are considered missing, and about 700 personnel who defended Mariupol remain held captive, with 100 freed in a prisoner swap on March 18.

Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast
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Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

An additional 30,000 people are considered missing

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

About 700 personnel who defended Mariupol before Russia conquered the city on May 20, 2022 are still held captive

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

100 of them were freed on March 18 in what was the 51st prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

At least one person was killed and three injured in the attacks on Donetsk Oblast today [8 April]. Chasiv Yar came under artillery fire, killing a woman, 77, and damaging six private houses.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian attacks against Chasiv Yar and Selydove in Donetsk Oblast killed one person and wounded five more, including a teenage girl

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Extracted: 2026-02-26T14:33:05.244Z

Source story: 30733