Posted on 06/16/2024 7:31:51 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russian soldiers have been surrendering to an elite Ukrainian combat brigade in the northern town of Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region, reports say.
A video released on Wednesday by Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade appears to show Russian troops emerging from a trench with their hands raised above their head or tied behind their backs.
The video appeared to confirm recent reports that dozens of Russian soldiers had been surrendering around Vovchansk, where heavy fighting has raged since Moscow launched a cross-border offensive towards Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, last month.
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Several of the captured soldiers said they had been forced into the Russian army due to financial or legal trouble. Some said they had received as little as one week of training before being sent to the front.
Food and water were limited, and often, they had to buy supplies with their own money.
Almost all the prisoners said their units had suffered severe losses during attacks against Ukrainian positions.
"We received an order to attack positions inside a chemical factory. I don't know, maybe there were 70 of us. We drove there at night," one POW said.
"The drones came out of nowhere and wiped almost everyone out. Most of us were hit. Only seven of us survived and we were wounded. Then we were taken prisoner," he said.
Another soldier said he had been taken prisoner after being the "only survivor" in his unit.
Many complained about the leadership of their officers, who, they said, did not participate in the costly assaults.
The video appeared to confirm major Russian losses and surrenders in the region, revealing that Russia's attempt to open a second front in Ukraine's north has stalled.
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“Kharkiv in 3 days!”
Putin doesn’t even want Kharkiv, based on his proposal, but you buddies will likely now force him to liberate it, along with much more of Ukraine. I only hope it can be done PRIOR to the election (a thought that REALLY scares the Zeepers), so that the public can finally have a say in what the Neocons are doing to the country.
He didn’t want Kyiv or Kherson or Odesa either! Lol!
“He didn’t want Kyiv or Kherson or Odesa either”
He does want Kherson, but you are correct regarding Kiev and Odessa.
ZEEPER FOLLIES PINGLIST!
(((PING!)))
... to be added to the best Zeeper-provided entertainment since Paul Shanklin parodies, ping me bro.
“...very few surrendered and you are believing fiction. Billions of US taxpayer dollars wasted on lies.”
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Well... 400 surrenderning russians is nothing to sneeze at.
But I agree, generally there aren’t many surrendering russians. They are mostly killed. They die when they try to advance on the Ukrainian front, and they die when they retreat (being shot at by special russian anti-retreat troops).
450.000 russian troops have already been killed and/or severely injured on the killing fields of Ukraine in only 2 years. It’s a massacre on biblical proportions.
No woner Putin is now screaming about ceasefire...
Yup! More BS propaganda. Weebunion and several others do the same.
zeeper freaks of FR, Unite!:
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Says the Business Insider. LOL.
You zeepers sure are ghoulish little creatures.
Yep. The Zeeper Freaks.
Oh dear. Mangledmalaprop is posting from Business Insider.
This absolutely must be true.
Putin also freaking out over post war Berlin Wall 2.0. Euro Ukraine vs. Mongol Russia.
It seems to me that posting about the political assassination of a foreign leader is a guaranteed way to bring unnecessary attention to the forum.
>>>>zeeper freaks of FR, Unite!:
PIF
canuck_conservative
marcusmaximus
MeganC
Kozak
Williams
jerod
UMCRevMom@aol.com
Chad C. Mulligan
tlozo
Vermont Lt<<<<
How many on this list are native born Americans?
Kharkiv in 3 days! Victory Day offensive stronk!
PIF ?
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