The meeting with the Pope was "a historic moment. We all hope together that this will help save our husbands, the soldiers who are in the Azovstal in Mariupol. We hope this meeting will give us a chance to save their lives" .
Thus Katarina and Yulia, two wives of the soldiers of the Azov battalion who met Pope Francis and who hope that their soldiers will be given the opportunity to evacuate from the steel mill.
Pope Francis "said that he will pray for us and that he will do what he can".
"We asked him to come to Ukraine and talk to Putin so that he leaves", about this "he did not answer. He said he will pray for us", Katarina and Yulia report.
"I hope everyone can survive and we will do everything we can to save their lives," says Katarina.
"We think there are still civilians inside" the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol "because there are military families. They are afraid of being evacuated because they are afraid that the Russian military will not let them go to the Ukrainian territories because the people who are evacuated from Azovstal first go to the Russian camps and the Russian Federation then won't let go from there. They are afraid of being tortured and killed, "say the two wives of two soldiers from the Azov battalion.
"They don't have food, water, medicine and health care. It's a terrible situation. Even the water from the steel mill's pipes is running out. We can't sit and watch this terrible news. Every day one or two wounded soldiers are dying." .
This is the situation in the Azovstal of Mariupol according to the story of Katarina and Yulia, wives of two soldiers of the Azov battalion who met the Pope. "There are six to seven hundred wounded soldiers who must be evacuated immediately to be treated" the two women report.