Ukrainian soldiers captured at Azovstal plant in ‘satisfactory’ conditions

Unit commander's wife receives call saying prisoners have not been subjected to violence by Russian forces

Ukrainian soldiers captured by Russian forces after the three-month siege of the Azovstal steel plant are being held in satisfactory" conditions, according to the unit commander's wife, amid uncertainty over the fate of the prisoners.

Denys Prokopenko, commander of the Azov battalion, was able to briefly call his wife, Kateryna, who said she had also been told that the prisoners had not been subjected to violence. It was not immediately clear if Prokopenko had been able to speak freely during the conversation.