The Russian Defense Ministry said that more than 1,700 Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol since May 16.
Several hundred more are reportedly still inside.
A Ukrainian military official said the evacuation of the plant is continuing and he believes Russia will keep its word to treat the soldiers in accordance with international law.
The Red Cross said it registered hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners of war who left the plant.
The city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, a major center for the Ukrainian military, is under increasing attack by Russia, according to Ukrainian officials.
A Russian soldier accused of killing an unarmed man in Ukraine has pleaded guilty to war crimes in a trial in Kiyv, the first of its kind since the invasion began, telling the man's widow he was "sorry" for killing to her husband.
According to the World Food Program, if closed ports in Ukraine are not opened to ship grain, millions of people will be on the verge of starvation.
Video summary of the war Ukraine - Russia: May 19
2022-05-20T03:33:41.106Z
The Russian Defense Ministry said that more than 1,700 Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol since 16 | World | CNN
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