A Russian fighter with a Czech callsign said he surrendered near Artemovsk due to heavy artillery fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) as well as a lack of supplies and support. His words are quoted TASS.
“There was a period when they acted very arrogantly, but we stopped that. After that, they crawl and roll and move to the point where they start to give up,” the soldier said.
The Czech explained such actions of the Ukrainian army by saying that the soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces did not allow the suppression of sniper fire, strictly observed security measures and remained unnoticed.
Formerly military expert, retired colonel Andrei Koshkin statedIt was stated that the increase in the number of soldiers surrendered from the Ukrainian Armed Forces points to the success of the Russian Armed Forces.
16 January reportedIt was stated that the military personnel of the offensive unit of the “Western” group of forces of Russia in the Kupyansk direction captured the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and captured Ukrainian soldiers.
On the same day, the Russian Ministry of Defense reportedHe said that the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered in the Zaporozhye direction. In the resulting images, Ukrainian soldiers under the control of the Russian army emerge from the trenches one by one. Ukrainian soldier Alexander Yakovlev said that he hid in a pit for about 20 minutes during the shelling, then decided to surrender.
Previously captured soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine statedeveryone stopped trusting Zelensky.