Some 1,026 Ukrainian Marines, Including 162 Officers Surrender in Mariupol, Russian MoD Says

Source: https://sputniknews.com/20220413/some-1026-ukrainian-marines-including-162-officers-surrender-in-mariupol-russian-mod-says-1094724566.html
Published: Apr 13, 2022
Author: staff
Post Date: 2022-04-13 07:47:55 by Ada
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According to the Defence Ministry, at least 151 injured troops among those who surrendered received primary medical care on the spot, after which they were all taken to the Mariupol city hospital for treatment.

"In the city of Mariupol ... as a result of successful offensive operations by the Russian armed forces and police units of the Donetsk People's Republic, 1,026 Ukrainian servicemen of the 36th Marine Brigade voluntarily laid down their arms and surrendered", Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told reporters.

Among the surrendered are 162 officers and 47 female soldiers, the official noted.

The DPR militia previously seized control of the city's port, while Russian and Donbass forces tightened the encirclement around the remaining Ukrainian radicals in the city.

Reclaiming Mariupol, which is the second-largest city in the DPR, is one of the considerable steps in the special operation in Ukraine, launched by Moscow in February.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the op was started to stop the genocide in Donbass, where people have been suffering from an eight-year-long war waged by Kiev, and stated that Russia's goal is the denazification and demilitarisation of Ukraine.

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#1: DWornock    To: Ada (#0)

Putin is smart. Word will get around that no harm will come to you if you lay down your arms and surrender.

DWornock posted on 2022-04-13 08:13:41   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Horse    To: Ada (#0)

So 16% of all Ukrainian Marines are officers?

Horse posted on 2022-04-13 09:28:36   Reply   Private Reply

#3: BTP Holdings    To: Ada (#0)

47 female soldiers

The Soviets were short of rifles during WW II.

My old foreman on the state highways was Sudeten German. He was captured by the Russians and riding on a prison wagon with a female guard. She fell asleep and dropped her rifle. He jumped off the wagon and retrieved the rifle and awakened her. She gave him a big kiss and told him if she had lost her rifle, they would have killed her. He was one of the few to be repatriated. Most of them died in the Gulag as late as 1952. ;)

BTP Holdings posted on 2022-04-13 09:47:32   Reply   Private Reply

#4: TommyTheMadArtist    To: Ada (#0)

Wow, and here we were told that Mariupol had been retaken, and oh my god, the valiant and brave Ukrainian people were driving off the scourge of Putin’s Shock Troops. I cannot wait for the Ukrainian conflict to be dumped from the news cycle as yet another needed distraction will take place in order to get Hunter Biden’s crimes out of the news.

TommyTheMadArtist posted on 2022-04-13 15:04:16   Reply   Private Reply

#5: Ada    To: TommyTheMadArtist (#4)

The Ukrainian Marines were regular troops. No mention of the Azov battalions surrendering or leaving.

Ada posted on 2022-04-13 15:11:43   Reply   Private Reply

#6: TommyTheMadArtist    To: Ada (#5)

I am more than aware. I speak and read Ukrainian.

TommyTheMadArtist posted on 2022-04-13 17:33:55   Reply   Private Reply