Bodies of Ukrainian defenders of Mariupol handed over to Kyiv

Bodies of some Ukrainian fighters who defended Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol handed over to Kyiv, families say.

The bodies of some Ukrainian fighters killed defending the city of Mariupol from Russian forces at a vast steelworks have been handed over to Kyiv, the families of Ukraine’s Azov unit of the national guard said.

Ukrainian forces defending Mariupol were holed up in the Azovstal steelworks for weeks as Russian forces tried to capture the city. The Ukrainian soldiers eventually…