Servicemen of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade surrendered in Mariupol. Video frameDONETSK, April 14 More than 300 Ukrainian marines surrendered in Mariupol, follows from the statement of the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Telegram channel.
"Our soldiers continue capture the militants of the 36th brigade of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine. — Approx. ed.) in Mariupol. As of the evening of April 13, 1,350 Ukrainian marines had surrendered,» the message says.
As the Russian Ministry of Defense reported the day before, as of Wednesday morning, 1,026 servicemen of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine laid down their arms, in including 162 officers and 47 female servicemen. Russian units and DPR forces surrounded Mariupol on March 7, and the city has been mopped up ever since. Most of it has already been brought under control, clashes continue mainly in the area of the Azovstal plant, where a significant part of the nationalist Azov regiment is hiding, against whose fighters a criminal case has been opened in Russia.
Ukrainian neo-Nazis blocked 450 people in a monastery near VolnovakhaOn February 24, Russia launched a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin called it the goal of «protecting people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The military department called the liberation of Donbass the main goal of the operation.