Destroyed buildings on the territory of the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in MariupolDONETSK, Apr 17The DPR troops liquidated fifty Ukrainian soldiers and officers, including the commander of the 36th separate marine brigade, Colonel Vladimir Baranyuk, the People's Militia of the Donetsk People's Republic reported. They noted that on the night of April 11-12, a group of Ukrainian marines tried to break out of the plant named after Ilyich in Mariupol. They were not allowed to do this by the forces of the People's Militia. «During the battle, up to 50 servicemen were killed, of which five senior officers of the brigade management, another 42 surrendered. During the inspection of the site of the clash, the body of the commander of the 36th separate marine brigade, Colonel Vladimir Anatolyevich Baranyuk, his personal belongings and weapons was found among the dead «, — the message of the people's militia in Telegram reads. Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in the city was completely liberated from Ukrainian nationalists. />Investigators are establishing the data of mercenaries fighting on the side of UkraineThe joint group surrounded Mariupol on March 7, since then the city has been mopped up. Most of it was taken under control. During this time, about one and a half thousand militants surrendered. Earlier, the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that the remaining members of the national battalions, apparently, intend to continue resistance and are therefore subject to destruction. On February 24, Russia launched a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The military department called the liberation of Donbass the main goal of the operation.
