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Telegraph, 23 May 2022
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Russian soldiers have cleared mines and debris on the industrial grounds of the Azovstal steel works in Mariupol.

Soldiers walked through the compound and used mine detectors over roads littered with debris, while others checked under objects for the explosive devices, video footage showed.

"The task is huge, the enemy planted their own landmines, we had also planted anti-personnel mines while blocking the enemy. So we've got some two weeks of work ahead of us," said a Russian soldier who gave only his nom de guerre Babai.

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