Pope meets wives of Azovstal fighters

At the end of his weekly general audience on May 11, Pope Francis met the wives of two officers from Ukraine's Azov battalion that is trapped inside Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant, Report informs referring to ANSA.

The women, Katarina and Yulia, had recently written to the pontiff about their husbands and were given a surprise invitation for a meeting at the audience on May 10.

"Let's hope that this meeting gives us a chance to save their lives" they said.