Servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who surrendered in Mariupol. File photoMOSCOW, April 20More than 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered in Donbass since the start of the special operation, DPR First Deputy Information Minister Daniil Bezsonov said. surrendered. In general, we have more than three thousand prisoners of war in the two republics,» he said on the air of the Soloviev Live program. According to him, some of the prisoners of war are in the Donbass, «some were transferred to the territory of Russia.» in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the main tasks of the first stage were completed — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. On April 19, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the start of the next phase of the special operation.
