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Steelworks Survivors

Hundreds of fighters have been evacuated from Mariupol鈥檚 steelworks

After two months of fighting, hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers have been evacuated by Russian forces from Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks.

Victoria, Vitaly and Lyse Doucet speak to Yuriy Sak, an advisor to the Ukrainian defence minister, about what this means for Russia鈥檚 war strategy.

They also speak to the 麻豆社鈥檚 specialist disinformation reporter, Marianna Spring, about the pregnant woman who was photographed fleeing from Mariupol鈥檚 maternity hospital during a Russian airstrike and her fight to prove that she wasn鈥檛 an actress taking part in staged images.

We also hear from Vladimir about the field hospital he鈥檚 set up with his friends at the war鈥檚 Eastern front.

Today's Ukrainecast was made by Phil Marzouk, with Osman Iqbal and Alix Pickles. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The editor was Jonathan Aspinwall.

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