Ukrainian servicemen and militants of the Azov nationalist battalion who surrendered. File photoMOSCOW, May 18.Russia, unlike Ukraine, provides medical assistance to the wounded from Azovstal, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. «Unfortunately, and — alas! — there are also such examples in the armed forces of Ukraine. You saw the footage that spread around the world, horrified many, many pretended not to notice how militants of nationalist units were shooting Russian prisoners of war, who, unfortunately, they have become part of the armed forces of Ukraine,» she said during the briefing13:58Special military operation in UkraineSurrendered unconditionally: captured Ukrainian militants from Azovstal «In contrast to this logic, Russia professes a different approach. You see footage of qualified medical assistance to the wounded, seriously wounded, this assistance is not for show, this assistance is real, to specific people , so it will be in the future,» she added. Zakharova drew attention to the fact that the norms of humanitarian law are basic for Russia. According to her, Kyiv did everything to prevent militants and civilians from leaving Azovstal, worked for international public opinion. same year, the Ukrainian security forces regained control of Mariupol. On March 7, 12 days after the start of the Russian special operation to demilitarize Ukraine, the deputy commander of the Vostok battalion, Alexander Semyonov, announced that the city was surrounded, and a cleansing of its individual districts had begun. On April 16, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, announced that the entire city territory had been cleared of the Ukrainian army, foreign mercenaries and neo-Nazis from the Azov regiment (against whose militants a criminal case was initiated in Russia). The remnants of the Ukrainian group were blocked at the Azovstal plant and refused to capitulate. According to the RF Ministry of Defense, 959 militants from Azovstal have surrendered since Monday, including 80 wounded, of which 51 have been taken to the Novoazovsk hospital in the DPR. .jpg» /> Peskov dispelled Kyiv's doubts about the surrender of Azovstal militants into captivityRussia 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 Kyiv 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 Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
