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Russian media: Azov commanders transferred to Moscow detention facility.

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According to a law enforcement source cited by Russian state-controlled news agency TASS, the Azov regiment's commanders are now at Moscow's Lefortovo pre-trial detention center. TASS reported earlier that they had been sent to Russia for a criminal investigation. Hundreds of Azov soldiers surrendered in May after defending Mariupol for months.

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