Thousands of people gathered in Lviv to greet Azovstal defense heroes who returned to city with Zelenskyy. VIDEO&PHOTOS

On evening of 8 July, Ukrainian officers who had been released from captivity, who had defended Azovstal and were later interned in Turkey, arrived in Lviv.

According to Censor.NET, this was reported on social media.

It is noted that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Lviv together with the Azov commanders released today

Today, a stage was set up on Svobody Avenue and metal detectors were installed around it. The square was cordoned off by police, a huge crowd of people gathered, and the mayor of the city, Andriy Sadovyi, arrived.

Representatives of local authorities and clergy are on site. Among them is Metropolitan Epifaniy.