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Putin says Russia ready to provide safe passage for civilians in Mariupol's Azovstal

Russia Vladimir Putin Azovstal Mariupol Naftali Bennett Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with CEO of Znanie Society Maxim Dreval in Moscow, Russia May 5, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in a phone call on Thursday that Russia was still ready to provide safe passage for civilians from the besieged Azovstal steel works in the Ukrainian port of Mariupol, the Kremlin said.

Putin also said that Kyiv should order Ukrainian fighters holed up in Azovstal to put down their weapons.

A view shows damaged buildings and a plant of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

(Reporting by Reuters)

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