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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Isobel Koshiw

PoW families wait for news following Donetsk prison attack that killed 50

Yuliana, girlfriend of a defender of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, attends a rally after the killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Yuliana, girlfriend of a defender of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, attends a rally after the killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war. Photograph: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters

The families of Ukrainian prisoners of war being held in a jail in Russian-occupied Donetsk that was bombed said they are desperate for news.

The prisoners include members of the Azov battalion who were trapped in the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, according to earlier statements by Russia’s ministry of defence. The prison is located in the town of Olenivka, just 10 kilometres from Ukraine’s frontlines.

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