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Ukrainian Armed Forces eliminated 5250 occupiers and 613 pieces of weapons and military equipment over week, - Ministry of defense. INFOGRAPHICS
Censor.NET
29.10.23 14:40
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During the week of 23-29 October, Ukrainian troops eliminated 5,250 militants and 613 pieces of weapons and military equipment.
This was reported by Deputy Defense Minister Oleksandr Pavliuk on his Telegram channel, Censor.NET reports
Russian troops lost:
• 94 tanks
• 127 armored combat vehicles
• 156 artillery systems
• 9 MULTIPLE LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEMS
• 9 air defense systems
• 128 units of vehicles
• 21 units of special equipment
In addition, the Defense Forces destroyed 9 enemy missiles and 60 UAVs.
INTERVIEW VIDEO
“I never planned to fight against Ukraine”: Soldier forcibly conscripted by Russia
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10-29-2023 Premiered 2:30 a.m. EDT
1:58 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA1lez0JwzM
When Yevhen Kalashnikov found an opening to surrender to Ukrainian troops in April, he made a run for it. The Kyiv Independent media outlet wrote this.
According to publication, he says he darted hundreds of meters from a Russian trench across the muddy and churned-up battlefield waving a white t-shirt until he reached a Ukrainian position. As he ran, mortars landed and exploded all around him, he told a press conference in Kyiv in August.
İt is noted that weeks before surrendering, Russia’s Security Service conscripted Kalashnikov, a Ukrainian student, into the Russian army for publishing photos of a bridge used for Russian military logistics in his hometown of Novoazovsk in Donetsk Oblast, a town under Moscow’s control since 2014.
Once deployed to the front line in December 2022, Kalashnikov contacted the “I want to live” hotline set up by the Ukrainian government to allow Russian and forcibly conscripted Ukrainian troops to surrender. Unable to call the hotline, he came up with another escape plan. “I’ve never planned to fight against Ukraine. This is my country. When I got into this, I already had a plan to surrender and proof of my innocence,” Kalashnikov told the Kyiv Independent during the press conference. Following an investigation, Kalashnikov now claims a Ukrainian court has dropped all charges against him. Still a prisoner of war camp in western Ukraine, it is unclear when he will be set free.
The Kyiv Independent says that while Russian prisoners of war have the chance to be exchanged, under Ukrainian law, forcibly conscripted Ukrainians caught while fighting for Russia can face lengthy prison sentences and even high treason charges for betraying their country.