Macron and Scholz ask Putin to release Azovstal fighters

During a telephone conversation, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged the Russian leader to release two thousand and 500 Ukrainian defenders of the Azovstal steel factory currently banned by the Kremlin forces, the Elise palace said. The two European leaders also urged Putin to accept a direct exchange with Ukrainian President [...]
The two European leaders also urged Putin to accept a direct exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and insisted on the emergency removal of the Russian port blockade of Odessa to allow Ukrainian wheat exports, the palace added.
Last week, the Russian Army declared Azovstal and all of Mariuspolin “completely freed” and reported that more than two thousand and 400 fighters had been released, Klankosova follows. tv
Fighters in need of medical treatment were sent to a hospital in Russia's controlled city, about 30 miles east of Marioupolis, while others were sent to Olenivka.












