Up to 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers surrounded - Russian Defense Ministry

Up to 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers surrounded - Russian Defense Ministry
# 24 June 2022 13:23 (UTC +04:00)

Russian troops have fully blocked up to 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers in Zolotoe and Gorskoe villages of Lugansk, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday, APA reports citing Sputnik.

"A group of Ukrainian troops has been completely blocked in the area of the settlements of Hirske and Zolotoe", the ministry said in a statement.

According to the ministry, some 1800 Ukrainian soldiers, 120 members of the nationalist organizations, and 80 foreign mercenaries are blocked in the area.

"Only in the last 24 hours, 41 servicemen in this area gave up resistance and voluntarily surrendered", the ministry said.

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