Concern is also mounting for the Ukrainian fighters taken prisoner after Russia claimed full control of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.
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His adviser Mykhailo Podolyak ruled out agreeing to a ceasefire, as he said making concessions would backfire on Ukraine because Russia would only hit back harder after any break in fighting.Ukrainian prisoners taken from the Azovstal steel plant by Russian military The Russian Defence Ministry released video of Ukrainian soldiers being detained after announcing its forces had removed the last fighters from the steel plant's extensive underground tunnels.Moscow-backed separatist leaders have vowed the soldiers will face tribunals.Denis Pushilin, the pro-Kremlin head of an area of eastern Ukraine controlled by Moscow-backed separatists, claimed 2,439 people were in custody.
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