Families of Ukrainian fighters who surrendered at the Azovstal factory in Mariupol today expressed their anxiety for the fate of their loved ones.
In a press conference in Istanbul by four relatives of Ukrainian fighters, Natalia Zaritska – the wife of one of the Mariupol defenders fortified at the steel plant – said she had not heard from him for two days, after a 10-minute exchange of messages. Telegram.
“My husband was taken from one hell to another… From the Azofstal steel industry to a prison, to captivity,” Zaritska said. She added, however, that she still believes that her husband is alive and that one day she will return home.
A mother and three wives of Ukrainian fighters who surrendered to Azovstal traveled to Turkey to seek the mediation of the Turkish government in an effort to ensure that their relatives are in good health.
Uncertainty prevails over their fate, with Kyiv wanting to exchange Azovstal’s Ukrainian fighters for Russian prisoners of war. In contrast, Russian lawmakers have called for war crimes to be tried.
The commander of the Ukrainian Battalion Azov said earlier today in a video message that civilians and the seriously wounded had been removed from the Mariupol steel plant, without giving further details about the fate of the other fighters.
Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has said that nearly 2,000 Ukrainian troops in Azovstal have been handed over so far. Ukrainian officials have not confirmed the number and Reuters is unable to verify it.
Last Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara had proposed removing by sea the wounded fighters trapped at the Mariupol steel plant.
SOURCE: AMPE
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