Over 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers surrender in Mariupol: Russia

MOSCOW: APRIL. 13 – Russia’s defence ministry said Wednesday more than a thousand Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered in Mariupol, a strategic port city in eastern Ukraine that has been besieged by Moscow’s troops for over a month.

“In the city of Mariupol… 1,026 Ukrainian servicemen of the 36th Marine Brigade voluntarily laid down their arms and surrendered,” the ministry said in a statement.

-AFP