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Akhmetov: Mariupol's metal factories won't work under Russian occupation.

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Ukraine's richest oligarch Rinat Akhmetov told the Wall Street Journal on March 23 that his Azovstal and Ilyich metallurgical plants located in besieged Mariupol would not operate under Russian occupation. Together they employ 40,000 people, and are temporarily closed now.

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Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, war has become a daily reality for thousands of Ukrainian children. Some Ukrainian military units, such as the Azov Brigade, offer boot camps for teenagers to teach them the basics of self-defense, first aid, dry firing, and other survival skills — helping them prepare for both the realities of today and the uncertainties of the future.

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