{"id":2946,"date":"2022-05-16T18:06:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T01:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freemasonrywatch.org\/blog\/?p=2922"},"modified":"2023-12-22T00:55:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T00:55:14","slug":"ukraine-lied-to-its-encircled-troops-commander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freemasonrywatch.org\/blog\/2022\/05\/16\/ukraine-lied-to-its-encircled-troops-commander\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine lied to its encircled troops \u2013 commander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The captured officer says he decided to flee after realizing that promised help wouldn\u2019t be coming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Colonel Vladimire Baranyuk, Commander of Ukraine’s 36th Naval Infantry Brigade \u00a9 RT<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine told 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 the country’s 36th Naval Infantry Brigade has told RT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was even awarded the Hero of Ukraine honor for his \u201ccourage and effective actions in repelling enemy attacks,\u201d<\/em> with Kiev asserting that the colonel and the other defenders of Mariupol would never surrender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Read more Ukraine claims all civilians have left besieged Azovstal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was apprehended hiding in the fields together with a number of his men a few kilometers north of Mariupol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commander of the marines now says the Ukrainian government lied to him and his troops in order to keep them fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKiev told us to hold on, [saying] that the units that will lift the blockade are coming, they\u2019ll soon be here,\u201d<\/em> Baranyuk told RT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The promise was made despite President Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s adviser, Alexey Arestovich, openly acknowledging in interviews that Kiev \u201cwon\u2019t be able to save\u201d<\/em> its forces in Mariupol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were promised certain help. Naturally, this help didn\u2019t arrive. And this pushed us to come out,\u201d<\/em> the colonel said, explaining his decision to flee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was \u201cpainful\u201d<\/em> for the troops when they realized that they had been left for dead, but \u201ceverybody, including myself, understood it,\u201d<\/em> Baranyuk added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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