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Ukraine's intelligence: Russian officers to leave combat positions to protect May 9 parade in Mariupol.

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Defense Ministry’s Intelligence Directorate reported on May 7 that the members of Russia's 71st Motorized Rifle Regiment were to provide round-the-clock protection to Russian personalities in occupied Mariupol. Ukraine's intelligence also reported intercepting a Russian officer's complaints about this order from Moscow.

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"It is evident that the Russian side will cynically use this political and legal episode to justify the occupation of Crimea and the exploitation of Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territory by Russian citizens," Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi told media.

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