Report: relatives of soldiers of the Azov regiment trapped in Asovstal demonstrate in kyiv

Published on: 05/13/2022 – 08:10 Several dozen Ukrainian women, relatives of soldiers from the Azov regiment entrenched for several weeks in the Azovstal steelworks, the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol, demonstrated on Thursday in kyiv to call for their release as Ukraine holds “difficult talks” with Russia over military evacuation. After the evacuation of all civilians last week with the help of the UN, Ukraine is in “difficult talks” with Russia on the evacuation of several dozen seriously injured Ukrainian soldiers, who are in the basements of the Azovstal steelworks, besieged by Russian forces. Wives, mothers and other relatives of Ukrainian soldiers from the Azov regiment demonstrated Thursday, May 12, in kyiv, to call for “saving the lives” of these men , entrenched for several weeks in the steelworks, the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol. , begs Svetlana, mother of a soldier trapped in Azovstal. The demonstrators say they fear for their lives, that they will be captured, tortured and killed by the Russian forces, but also for their health. “They must amputate limbs, including for minor injuries due to lack of medication. there is nothing. No water, no food. We cannot abandon these guys who fought for us,” says Zhanna, wife of a fighter stranded in the steelworks. According to kyiv, “more than a thousand” Ukrainian soldiers, including “hundreds of wounded” still found in the underground galleries of this vast metallurgical complex.