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Putin says storming of Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol impractical.

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After a 50-day assault on Mariupol, Vladimir Putin told Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu that a full block of the mill is more rational. Shoigu said that except for the heavily fortified Azovstal, Mariupol had been occupied by Russian troops.

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