When leaving Avdeevka, Donetsk region, due to the encirclement of the city by Russian invaders, a small number of soldiers of the Ukrainian Defense Forces were captured by the Russians. According to an UNIAN correspondent, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, told reporters about this.
In particular, he was asked whether it was known how many Ukrainian defenders were captured when leaving Avdiivka.
“I just need to look, the number is small,” Budanov said.
He also said that a list of Ukrainian soldiers who were captured had been compiled.
“These are not thousands. And not hundreds,” Budanov said.
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Exit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Avdeevka
As UNIAN reported, due to the complete encirclement of the Zenit stronghold, the command of the Defense Forces decided to contact the coordination center and organizations that are negotiating with the Russian side.
The occupiers informed the coordinators of this process that they agreed to evacuate wounded Ukrainian seriously wounded military personnel and provide assistance to them, and subsequently exchange them. At the same time, from the video footage released later by the Russians, it became clear that the Ukrainian wounded were shot.
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2024-02-25 13:57:00
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