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| Ukrainian military from the Azot plant in the LPR began to surrender |
| 2022-06-18 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. MOSCOW, June 17 - RIA Novosti. Some of the Ukrainian servicemen blockaded at the Azot plant in Severodonetsk are ready to voluntarily lay down their arms, Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the Lugansk People's Republic Andriy Marochko said. "In the course of a special military operation on the territory of the Azot enterprise in the city of Severodonetsk, indeed, some Ukrainian military made the right decision and began to surrender," he said. Marochko explained that, for security reasons, the DPR authorities do not disclose the number of those who surrendered and what units they represent, since detachments are working in Severodonetsk, and pressure may be exerted on relatives of military personnel. As the head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, reported in an interview with RIA Novosti, according to estimated estimates, there are up to a thousand Ukrainian nationalists at the Azot plant. In addition, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR , mercenaries from the United States , Great Britain and Poland are also hiding there. Chemical plant "Azot" is located in Severodonetsk, Luhansk People's Republic. During the liberation of the city, the Russian army and allied troops blocked Ukrainian fighters on the territory of the enterprise. Ukrainian general announced the loss of half of heavy weapons MOSCOW, June 17 - RIA Novosti. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost approximately 50 percent of their heavy weapons in a Russian special military operation, Ukrainian General Volodymyr Karpenko told the American National Defense magazine. "I'm talking only about heavy weapons. Approximately 1,300 infantry fighting vehicles, 400 tanks and 700 artillery systems have been lost," says the military man who commands the logistics of the ground forces. "Afraid to touch." Why did Western weapons surprise Kyiv? According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, since the beginning of the special operation, 205 Ukrainian aircraft, 131 helicopters, 1233 drones, 342 air defense systems, 3587 tanks and other armored vehicles, 539 MLRS systems, 2013 guns and mortars, as well as 3658 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed. |
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