KYIV. UkraineGate , 25 , May , 2022 | Society.
Ukrainian defenders captured by Russian troops after a three-month siege of the Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol are being held in “more or less satisfactory” conditions, according to the wife of Azov commander Kateryna Prokopenko in a comment to The Guardian .
Denis Prokopenko, the Azov commander, was able to briefly call his wife, Kateryna, who said she had also been told that the prisoners had not been abused. It was not immediately clear whether Prokopenko could speak freely during the conversation, the newspaper writes.
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“He said he was fine and asked how I was. I heard from other sources that the conditions were more or less satisfactory,” Kateryna Prokopenko told The Guardian on Tuesday.
“They are being fed and watered. The conditions are met and they have not been abused in a short period of time. Of course, we do not know what will happen next, but now there are third parties – the UN and the Red Cross – who are monitoring the situation,” she added.
The Ukrainian military, who left Azovstal, was transferred to Russian-controlled territory last week. Prokopenko said that, as far as she knew, none of the fighters had been deported to Russia.
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The wives and mothers of Azovstal defenders want to set up a committee to protect the rights of prisoners of war .
Source: Ukrgate
