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Beyond the Battlefield: Why Putin gave up storming Azovstal steel plant after capture of Mariupol?

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Russia just declared a big win in Mariupol, after weeks of intensive fighting in the strategic port city. Its capture is said to have strategic and symbolic importance. Russia claims to have "liberated" Mariupol, yet its troops stopped short of seizing the Azovstal steel plant. Why is that?

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