Servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are massively losing ground and laying down their arms, Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said on Thursday, Interfax reports.
“The servicemen of the border service of Ukraine did not show resistance to the Russian units. The positions of the subunits that laid down their arms are not subjected to strikes”, said the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry.
Recall that on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the decision to launch a special military operation, the purpose of which will be the denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine, which will help liberate the fraternal people from the oppression of neo-Nazis who have seized power in the country. The Ministry of Defense emphasized that Russia does not strike at the cities of Ukraine and focuses exclusively on the military structure of the country’s Armed Forces.