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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin [ColonelCassad] Vladlen Tatarsky https://t.me/boris_rozhin/48861 for the evening reports on today's surrendered at Azovstal. 1. 20 seriously wounded, 31 relatively healthy surrendered at Azovstal. 2. One of the resistance groups surrendered, which actually broke away from the main group. 3. Surrendered under guarantees of saving lives. 4. No one promised to exchange them. 5. "Kalina" is just a mouthpiece.  PS. Regarding all the talk about the exchange of characters with Azovstal, it is important to understand that this exchange is physically impossible. According to Ukraine, after all the exchanges, Ukraine is holding about 500 prisoners of war soldiers and officers of the Russian Federation, the DPR and the LPR. At the disposal of the Russian Federation, DPR and LPR up to 4,500-5,000 prisoners of war soldiers and officers. Plus, up to 1.5-2,000 people are still sitting on Azovstal itself, of which up to 600-650 are wounded. It is impossible to physically exchange such a number according to the 1 to 1 scheme, Ukraine simply has no one to exchange them for. Nevertheless, rumors are circulating about possible exchanges of wounded UAF soldiers for Russian prisoners of war. No one has officially confirmed this yet. The leader of the Nazis at Azovstal recorded a pitiful video, where he seemed to justify himself before surrendering. We are waiting for the development of events - there is a feeling that there is not long left. Text from the tweet following: Apparently, the Azov militants received Zelensky's order to stop senseless resistance.
Text from the tweet following: According to preliminary information, about 300 militants left Azovstal. About 50 of them were wounded. They are now being taken to the Central Regional Hospital of Novoazovsk, where they will be provided with the necessary medical care. The rest were taken away by buses in the direction of Yelenovka.
More from Rozhin: Photolog: Buses for those who surrendered at Azovstal Photos from the first stage of the surrender of the remnants of the Mariupol grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at Azovstal. The wounded are taken to the Novoazovsk hospital (where, according to plans that have become known, "Azov" was supposed to attack in the spring of this year). The prisoners are taken to the colony in Yelenovka, where a large number of Ukrainian prisoners of war are kept, including those who capitulated at the plant named after Ilyich. Photos at the link Posted by: badanov 2022-05-17 |
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