Olena Chornobay, wife of a soldier in the Azov regiment speaks during a briefing by family members of Ukrainian soldiers captured at Azovstal steel plant, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su
KYIV (Reuters) - Relatives of Ukrainian fighters who remained for weeks under the besieged Azovstal steel works said on Monday they had received no news of the whereabouts of their loved ones since they were evacuated to Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine.
Uncertainty surrounds the fate of hundreds of fighters, most from the Azov battalion, taken into Russian custody in mid-May after essentially being ordered to give themselves up as Russian forces pounded the plant and the nearby city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine.
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