Ukraine Forces Briefly Retake Mariupol City Hall

Ukrainian forces seized the rebel-held city hall in the eastern port city of Mariupol overnight, driving out pro-Russian militants, then withdrew, making no apparent attempt to hold on to the building, witnesses said on Wednesday. Ukraine's Channel 5 television said earlier Wednesday the Ukrainian National Guard had seized the administrative center in Mariupol, a mainly Russian-speaking city of nearly 500,000 people and key component in the self-declared breakaway People's...

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