Military personnel. File photoMOSCOW, June 6The Russian army is completing the liberation of the city of Svyatogorsk in the DPR, Major General Igor Konashenkov, an official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, told journalists on Monday. area, which is under the control of the Russian military. In Svyatogorsk, on the high bank of the Seversky Donets River, there is the Assumption Monastery, which has the status of a lavra. «The Russian armed forces are completing the liberation of the city of Svyatogorsk in the DPR and the surrounding territory,» the general said. At the same time, according to him, in order to prevent retreat of Ukrainian troops from Svyatogorsk, Ukrainian nationalist formations acting as barrage units today blew up a bridge across the Seversky Donets River. «Under the onslaught of Russian units, the remnants of the battalions of the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 81st Separate Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, cut off from the main forces and supplies due to the undermining of the bridge, abandoned military equipment along with weapons and dispersed along the coast,» the general said. He clarified that up to 80 Ukrainian servicemen crossed the river by swimming, the fire on them purposefully did not open. «We regard the refusal of the Ukrainian servicemen to defend the unwanted Kyiv regime led by nationalists as the only right thing to do, not cowardice. Thus, they all saved their lives We call on all military personnel and members of the territorial defense units of Ukraine to follow this example and stop thoughtless resistance in order to save their lives,” said the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense. arr protection and return to their families.
