During the audience, he was asked to help release the Ukrainian military.
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Pope Francis on Wednesday met with the wives of two Ukrainian officers of the Azov Regiment, who are currently in Mariupol Kateryna Prokopenko and Yulia Fedosyuk. Earlier, the Ukrainians wrote a letter to Pope Francis and received an invitation to come to the Vatican.
The meeting of Denis Prokopenko's and Arseniy Fedosyuk's wives took place after a general audience. According to Credo, the pontiff, who is in a wheelchair due to knee problems, stood up to congratulate the wives of the defenders of Mariupol.
“We hope that this will help save our men, the military, who are at Azovstal in Mariupol. We hope this meeting will give us a chance to save their lives, “said the wives of the fighters.
Pope Francis said he would” pray for us and do everything possible, “said the wives of the defenders. “We asked him to come to Ukraine and to talk to Putin,” they added, but noted that the pope did not respond to the request.
“We asked the Pope to help us organize humanitarian corridors so that people could leave Azovstal,” Yulia Fedosyuk said, adding that many people who could not be buried in a Christian way died at Azovstal.
Ukrainian military wives handed the Pope two letters and several photos.
“My husband wrote to me yesterday that even technical water is running out, and asked to look for an article on how to survive without water for as long as possible. I'm afraid of losing him, but I'm also angry that there's nothing I can do. This is terrible! What is happening at Azovstal looks like a reality show, and no one is helping us, so we are hoping for the Pope. He is our last hope, “Yulia Fedosyuk added.
According to the women, there are now about 600-700 wounded at Azovstal who need to be evacuated immediately.
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Recall, according to official data in the underground storage facilities of the plant “Azovstal” are about a thousand Ukrainian servicemen – military from the Azov Battalion, 12th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, 36th Detached Marine Brigade, border guards, police, volunteers, Mariupol Terrorist Defense. Most of them are injured . The situation is critical.
The day before, the Ukrainian military in Mariupol confirmed that they were ready to surrender to a third party and remain in that country until the end of the war. At the same time, they are also asking to evacuate the bodies of their dead comrades.
On Tuesday, May 10, the National Guard of Ukraine stated that President Volodymyr Zelensky and the entire state leadership are working on the use of the extraction procedure – the removal of our defenders to a safe third country – to free wounded soldiers, medics and the military from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol blocked by the occupiers.
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