View of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. File photoMOSCOW, May 12.The Kremlin commented on rumors about Kyiv's «ultimatums» on Azovstal. Earlier, one of the Russian Telegram channels reported that the Kyiv authorities allegedly delivered an ultimatum to the Kremlin on Azovstal, where Ukrainian militants were blocked, while it was alleged about threats to Russian prisoners of war. read these Telegram channels,» Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, told RIA Novosti. Moscow has repeatedly reminded Kyiv of the humane treatment of prisoners of war enshrined in international law and responsibility for violating these norms. The Russian Investigative Committee established many facts of inhuman treatment of Russian prisoners and initiated a number of criminal cases under the article on the use of prohibited means and methods of warfare. At the same time, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that conditions were created for Ukrainian prisoners of war that fully comply with all the requirements of the Geneva Convention. The Russian military also noted that they guarantee compliance with the norms of international humanitarian law for Ukrainian nationalists from Azovstal if they lay down their arms.May 5, 08:00 «We thought it would end quickly»: what is happening on the left bank of Mariupol criminal case) the entire city territory was cleared. The remnants of the Ukrainian group are blocked at the Azovstal metallurgical plant. The Russian president called the assault on the plant inappropriate and ordered it to be canceled. Putin explained that it is necessary to think about saving the lives of soldiers and officers of the RF Armed Forces, and ordered to block the Azovstal zone so that «a fly does not fly.» During a telephone conversation with the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, who called for the opening of humanitarian corridors from Mariupol, the President of the Russian Federation noted that after the liberation of Mariupol, an order had been given to cancel the assault on Azovstal, life was guaranteed to all who had laid down their arms. The Russian side regularly announced the opening of humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians from plant «Azovstal». At this time, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the formations of the DPR «unilaterally stop any military operations, the units are withdrawn to a safe distance and ensure the withdrawal of civilians in any direction they choose, both to the territory of the Russian Federation and to areas controlled by the Kyiv authorities,» the statement says. 
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