MOSCOW (Archyde.com) – More than a thousand Ukrainian troops have surrendered in Mariupol, which has been under siege by Russian forces for more than a month, Russia says.
Mariupol is a strategic port city in eastern Ukraine. Russian forces have been besieging more than a thousand Ukrainian troops here for more than a month.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday it had surrendered. In the city of Mariupol … 1,026 Ukrainian soldiers of the 36th Marine Brigade voluntarily laid down their arms and surrendered, the ministry said in a statement.