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| Ukrainian military abandoned equipment and fled from Svyatogorsk |
| 2022-06-07 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate Edited. [RIA Novosti] Ukrainian troops abandoned their equipment and fled Svyatogorsk despite efforts by nationalist barrage units to stop them, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said. According to him, for this purpose, detachments blew up a bridge across the Seversky Donets River. "Under the onslaught of Russian units, the remnants of the battalions of the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade and the 81st Separate Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine abandoned military equipment along with weapons and dispersed along the coast," the general said. He noted that up to 80 Ukrainian soldiers crossed the river by swimming, they did not deliberately open fire on them. "We regard the refusal of Ukrainian servicemen to defend the useless Kyiv regime led by nationalists as the only right thing to do, not cowardice," Konashenkov stressed. Konashenkov also called on all the military and members of the territorial defense units of Ukraine to follow this example and stop "thoughtless resistance in order to save their lives." The Russian Armed Forces, in turn, guarantee all those who voluntarily laid down their arms to be treated with dignity and return to their families, the Defense Ministry spokesman added. Konashenkov concluded that the Russian army had moved on to the final stage of the liberation of Svyatogorsk and the surrounding territory. Svyatogorsk (until 2003 Slavyanogorsk) is located in the northern part of the Donetsk People's Republic, just over forty kilometers southeast of the city of Izyum , Kharkiv Oblast , which is under the control of the Russian military. |
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