Voluntarily surrendered Ukrainian army soldiersMOSCOW, Apr 5 More than 260 Ukrainian marines surrendered captured by the Russian armed forces in Mariupol, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said.
" surrendered to the Russian armed forces. This is a very correct and informed choice!" — Kadyrov wrote in his Telegram channel.
The head of Chechnya stressed that the Russian army is not at war with the civilian population, and called on all Ukrainian military to go over to the «right side» and «together with the Russian military, restore order in the country for the sake of peaceful life long-suffering Ukrainian people». He added that the Marines who have surrendered are in complete safety. The fighting of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine has been going on since February 24. President Vladimir Putin called the goal of the operation «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. troops completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.