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ISW: 'Outrage, confusion' on pro-Russian social media about Azovstal evacuation

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Rather than a celebration of the “full capitulation” of Mariupol the Kremlin was likely anticipating, some Russian Telegram channels and bloggers expressed outrage at negotiations and that Russian forces didn’t “destroy the Ukrainian defenders at Azovstal,” the Institute for the Study of War stated in its May 17 assessment.

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