Abandoned military equipment of the Armed Forces of UkraineMOSCOW, March 16 Ukrainian units near Melitopol, Zaporozhye region, suffered heavy losses , about 60% decided to flee, follows from the materials of the survey of the former military Ukraine distributed by the FSB DSO. . Ignatov arrived from the territory of Ukraine at the Dzhankoy Krym checkpoint.Melitopol and Kherson are under the full control of the Russian Armed ForcesAccording to the former soldier, many in his military unit decided to change into civilian clothes and go to the city. «I think about 60% decided to save their lives … we had heavy losses. And the leadership did not give clear instructions on what to do next,» Ignatov said. He also noted that the units near Melitopol did not actually defend themselves. «Because we had only machine guns from weapons. When the tanks drove at us, we simply did not know what to do. I had my AKS-74U folding machine gun, I had four» horns «, I began to go around collecting other» horns «From abandoned submachine guns. I also found a gun that an officer had thrown,» Ignatov said. «After the armored personnel carrier worked for the boys, we decided to quickly change clothes and run to the city,» he said. According to him, he contacted his mother, and he was received by acquaintances in the city of Tokmak. 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 Kiev 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 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president stressed.
