Breaking Enlightenment
On 4 April, 267 soldiers and officers of the 503rd Independent Battalion of the Ukrainian Navy surrendered in Mariupol. This was the entire surviving personnel of the unit.
The battalion was assigned to the 36th Independent Marines Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy.
The unit lost more than 50% of its personnel killed and wounded in the fighting for Mariupol.
ANNA News Agency 22.03.2022 1 The DPR The Russian and the DPR forces have liberated almost half of Mariupol — a military reporter of the
On March 6, Ukrainian nationalist forces used civilians as a human shield and targeted soldiers of the DPR in Mariupol, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
This is a thorough press conference by Alexander V. Zakharchenko, Chairman of The Council of Ministers of The Donetsk National Republic. It touches upon a few key points regarding the war, its origins and what and whom Kiev is fighting.
