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Ukraine: More Than 260 Soldiers Evacuated From Besieged Steelworks In Kharkiv

File image: Kharkiv, Ukraine via Google Maps

Russia almost in complete control of Kharkiv

Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, says they needed to save their "heroes" of Mariupol - after more than 260 soldiers were rescued from a besieged steelworks.

But it marks the likely beginning of the end for defence forces in the port city - with Russia almost in complete control.

Negotiations are underway to evacuate the remaining troops.

Sky's International Affairs Editor, Dominic Waghorn, who's in Kharkiv, says the regiment have bought time:

 

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