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Increasing the number of soldiers Ukraine who surrendered to Russia. Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday that a total of 1,730 Ukrainian troops had surrendered this week at the besieged Azovstal steel plant in the port city. MariupolUkraine.
“Over the past 24 hours, 771 guerrillas from the Azov nationalist regiment surrendered,” the ministry said in its daily briefing on the conflict in Ukraine the.
“In total, since May 16, 1,730 insurgents have surrendered, including 80 wounded,” the ministry added. AFPThursday (19/5/2022).
Ministry Russia it released a video showing surrendered soldiers walking out of the factory. Some of them looked injured and others used sticks. The Russian soldiers were seen checking their bags as they came out.
The ministry said the wounded soldiers were taken to a hospital in Russian-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine.
Earlier, the Ukrainian government had indicated that it would seek a prisoner swap with the surrendered soldiers in Azovstal. However, Moscow has not yet given a definite answer on this issue.
Last month, Moscow claimed control of Mariupol after weeks of siege. However, hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers remain hiding in underground tunnels in the Azovstal industrial zone, which is under siege by Russian troops.
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