Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol. Archival photoDONETSK, May 8. The captured commander of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Vladimir Baranyuk, whose video was recorded in one of the settlements of the DPR, said that they asked Kyiv to agree on their fate, but they were lied to, promising help, which never came. The highest command staff of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian troops — the brigade commander, Hero of Ukraine Colonel Volodymyr Baranyuk and the chief of staff Colonel Dmitry Kormyankov — was captured after trying to leave the Azovmash plant «, which is located northwest of «Azovstal», they have already testified about the circumstances of their capture and their conduct of hostilities in Mariupol. Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine explained the heavy losses of the Marines «Kyiv said to hold on. Hold on … Well, they told us a little differently. That the deblocking detachments are coming, they will be with you … Well, it turns out that this is so (that they lied — ed.). They promised help define lazy. Accordingly, this assistance was not available. Which, as it were, prompted them to go out to meet their units,» Baranyuk said. According to him, they asked Kyiv to «influence» their fate. «They asked, let's say, to influence. Perhaps, by some other, well, perhaps, political decisions, perhaps in some other way. But I didn't ask for permission to surrender,» he added.
