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Mariupol has been “completely liberated" from Ukrainians, according to Russia’s top military official.Nearly 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers left the Azovstal steelworks early this week, Russia had earlier claimed, ending a siege that kept an estimated 20,000 Russian troops tied up for over 80 days.Now, the Russian Defense Ministry claims that the strategically important site "has been completely liberated.""The territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol, where since April 21 the group of Ukrainian militants of the Azov Nazi formation has been blocked, has been completely liberated," Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said.The head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the complete liberation of Mariupol from Ukrainian militants, Russian news reports stated.

Russian military expert said "the entire world is against us" and that the Ukraine conflict will "frankly get worse" while speaking on Vladimir Putin's state-run TV. Russia's "special military operation" is reportedly faltering after Ukrainian authorities said they'd pushed Putin's troops away from Kharkiv, the country's second biggest city, on Monday.