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epa10108317 Relatives and friends of the Azovstal defenders attend a rally in memory of those who were killed in the blast at Olenivka detention center, and calling on international organizations to save Azovstal defenders who were captured by Russian forces, in Lviv, Ukraine, 05 August 2022 (issued 06 August 2022). Relatives and friends of the Azovstal defenders appealed to protect the rights and do everything possible for a fast exchange of prisoners of war to save their lifes. Russian officials said that 53 Ukrainian PoWs were killed on 29 July in the detention center in a blast at the Russian-occupied town of Olenivka, Donetsk Province, for which both Ukraine and Russia blame each other. Ukraine alleges that many of those who were killed and injured in the blast were Ukrainian defenders of Mariupol's Azovstal steel works, who surrendered in May during the Russian siege of the plant. Russian troops on 24 February entered Ukrainian territory, starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. EPA/MYKOLA TYS