Russia’s defence ministry stated Wednesday greater than a thousand Ukrainian troopers have surrendered in Mariupol, a strategic port metropolis in japanese Ukraine that has been besieged by Moscow’s troops for over a month.
“Within the metropolis of Mariupol… 1,026 Ukrainian servicemen of the thirty sixth marine brigade voluntarily laid down their arms and surrendered,” the ministry stated in an announcement.
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The ministry stated that the troopers surrendered close to the “Mariupol Metallurgical Plant named after Illich”, a big metal manufacturing unit.
Among the many troops had been 162 officers and 47 had been ladies, the ministry added. Greater than 100 had been wounded.
Russia is believed to be making an attempt to attach occupied Crimea and Moscow-backed separatist territories Donetsk and Lugansk in Donbas and has laid siege to Mariupol at the beginning of its army operation.
Hundreds of civilians are believed to have died within the metropolis, which has seen among the most intense preventing within the battle.
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