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Local media: Russian occupiers force civilians entering Mariupol to drop Ukrainian license plates.

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According to Mariupol media 0629, people entering the city from neighboring settlements reported that the occupiers stopped their cars and forced them to replace official Ukrainian license plates with those illegally issued by Russia's proxies in Donetsk Oblast.

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