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View of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. File photoDONETSK, May 8.The Marine Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was not preparing for combat operations in Mariupol, follows from the testimony of the captured Chief of Staff of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Dmitry Kormyankov, the video of which was filmed in one of the settlements of the DPR. The highest command staff of the 36th Marine Brigade infantry of the Ukrainian troops — brigade commander, hero of Ukraine Colonel Volodymyr Baranyuk and chief of staff Colonel Dmitry Kormyankov — were captured after trying to leave the Azovmash plant, they have already testified about the circumstances of their capture and their combat operations in Mariupol. «We initially We were not prepared to conduct combat operations in a populated area. We did not have such a task. Therefore, we did not have the opportunity to conduct any additional reconnaissance and conduct any additional maneuvers. We had to statically take up defense, on the move, and already according to circumstances act,” Kormyankov says in the video. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv 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. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, 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. Mariupol is completely controlled by the RF Armed Forces, only the militants who have settled on the territory of the Azovstal plant remain. >Brigade commander of the Marines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the chief of staff of the 36th brigade were captured and testify