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Wives of Ukrainian Soldiers Beg Pope to Intervene in War

The wives of two Ukrainian soldiers defending the Mariupol steel mill met on Wednesday with Pope Francis and begged him to intervene to arrange for a third-party evacuation of the troops before Russian soldiers capture or kill them. "You are our last hope. We hope you can save their lives. Please don't let them die," said a weeping Kateryna Prokopenko as she greeted Francis at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square. Standing by her side, Yuliia Fedusiuk told Francis that food and water were running out in the mill, that some soldiers were injured and dead and that those who are alive were ready to lay down their arms if they could be evacuated to a third country. "They will not go to Russian captivity because they will be tortured and killed," Fedusiuk told Francis, according to a video of the encounter shot by another member of their entourage, Pyotr Verzilov, a prominent member of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot who is working on a documentary about Ukraine. Prokopenko's husband, Denys Prokopenko, is the commander of the Azov Regiment in the Azovstal mill, while Fedusiuk's husband, Arseniy Fedusiuk, is one of the Azov fighters. The young women have been in Italy for over two weeks seeking to rally international support for a diplomatic resolution to the standoff. Francis, who has been hobbled by knee trouble that makes walking and standing painful, stood up to greet the women, a gesture he didn't extend to others who lined up to see him on Wednesday at the end of the audience. He held their hands as they wept, blessed them and said he had spoken about the plight of the soldiers with Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, who he has dispatched to Ukraine. Verzilov told Francis that time was running out for the troops in the Azovstal mill. Verzilov told The Associated Press afterward that if an emergency intervention does not happen in the next few days a big tragedy will occurr. He said Francis said he was aware of the standoff. The United Nations and International Committee of the Red Cross have organised a series of evacuations of civilians from the mill, which had sheltered hundreds of people in its warren of underground tunnels and bunkers. But soldiers, and apparently some of their family members, have stayed behind. Verzilov, the Russian activist and a publisher of independent news site Mediazona, said Turkey has been trying to seek a resolution to the standoff, but that no solution has been found. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm Subscribe to our newest channel Quicktake Explained: https://bit.ly/3iERrup Bloomberg Quicktake brings you live global news and original shows spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. To watch complete coverage on Bloomberg Quicktake 24/7, visit http://www.bloomberg.com/qt/live, or watch on Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Fire TV and Android TV on the Bloomberg app. Have a story to tell? Fill out this survey for a chance to have it featured on Bloomberg Quicktake: https://cor.us/surveys/27AF30 Connect with us on… YouTube:    / bloomberg   Breaking News on YouTube:    / bloombergquicktakenews   Twitter:   / quicktake   Facebook:   / quicktake   Instagram:   / quicktake