[/b]The captured officer says he decided to flee after realizing that the promised help wouldn’t be coming


Kiev has been telling troops besieged by Russian forces in Mariupol that help was on its way, while making no actual attempts to end the blockade of the city, the commander of Ukraine’s 36th Naval Infantry Brigade has told RT.

[b]Colonel Vladimir Baranyuk and his unit were tasked with guarding the northern outskirts of Mariupol, a strategic port city in the southeast of Ukraine, amid the Russian military operation in the country.

He was even awarded the Hero of Ukraine honor for his “courage and effective actions in repelling enemy attacks,” with Kiev asserting that the colonel and the other defenders of Mariupol would never surrender.

But as the Russian forces kept gaining ground, Baranyuk ended up surrendering peacefully after being captured during a failed attempt to flee the city.


He was apprehended hiding in the fields together with a number of his men a few kilometers north of Mariupol.

The commander of the marines now says the Ukrainian government lied to him and his troops in order to keep them fighting.

“Kiev told us to hold on, [saying] that the units that will lift the blockade are coming, they’ll soon be here,” Baranyuk told RT.

The promise was made despite President Volodymyr Zelensky’s adviser, Alexey Arestovich, openly acknowledging in interviews that Kiev “won’t be able to save” its forces in Mariupo[/b]l.

“[b]We were promised certain help. Naturally, this help didn’t arrive. And this pushed us to come out,” the colonel said, explaining his decision to flee.

It was “painful” for the troops when they realized that they had been left for dead, but “everybody, including myself, understood it,” Baranyuk added.

Source: R T n e w s

Are you a neo-nazi or not?
No nazi should be alive

At least you used your head

Chooo

No wonder officer walli Run ..

Samoilenko: “We are encircled. We spent our resources on the defense of Mariupol.” He says nothing was saved for them personally. “We are, here, basically dead men. Most of us know this. It’s why we fight so fearlessly.”
Samoilenko confirms “a couple hundred” wounded soldiers inside Azovstal.
Doesn’t give specific number.