Ukrainian fighters who surrendered at the Azovstal steelworks may now be tried as “Nazi war criminals” after being told they would be freed in a prisoner exchange.
Russia is being accused of false promises after it agreed to exchange the Ukrainians still fighting in Mariupol if they gave up their resistance.
Members of the Azov Regiment had been stubbornly fighting on against Vladimir Putin ’s forces at the massive steelworks with a maze of tunnels that made it difficult for them to be defeated.
