A view shows destroyed facilities of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol
(Picture: REUTERS)Ukraine has offered to release Russian prisoners of war in exchange for the safe evacuation of injured fighters trapped inside a steel mill in the besieged city of Mariupol.
Iryna Vereshchuk, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, said on Wednesday that her government was negotiating to have the fighters at the Azovstal steel plant released following weeks of bombardment.