Volodymyr Rogov, head of the “We stand with Russia” movement, said that eight Ukrainian soldiers surrendered in the direction of Zaporozhye. It has been reported TASS.
“Eight people from the Zaporozhye Territorial Defense surrendered [в плен] In the Zaporozhye direction, these are fighters of the 110th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Vostok group. Eight people at a time is too much for our direction,” he said.
Earlier, an officer from the Russian Armed Forces stated that the Russian army in the Zaporozhye region is using FPV unmanned aerial vehicles. to deal Leaflets urging to lay down arms on Ukrainian positions.
Before that, it was learned that for two weeks on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic there were about 70 soldiers from the Ukrainian army. surrendered Captured by the Russian Armed Forces. It was also clarified that there were mainly soldiers from the Donetsk, Avdiivka and Ugledar directions among those who surrendered.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a military special operation to protect Donbass, in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.