The Ministry of Defense does not consider the refusal of the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to defend the Kyiv regime as cowardice

Ukrainian prisoners of war. File photoMOSCOW, June 6The Russian army is completing the liberation of the city of Svyatogorsk in the DPR, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov told reporters on Monday. Commenting on the retreat of Ukrainian troops from Svyatogorsk, he said 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 useless Kyiv regime led by nationalists as the only right thing to do, and not cowardice. Thus, they all saved their lives. We call on all servicemen and members units of the territorial defense 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. to their families.A Ukrainian soldier who surrendered wished victory to the Russian army