The Russian military from the 110th separate guards motorized rifle brigade, formerly part of the people’s militia of the DPR, captured the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Avdiivka and recorded a video in which Ukrainian soldiers repent of the shelling of the civilian population of Donbass, the Telegram channel “Operation Z: Military Correspondents” reports. Russian Spring”.

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It is noted that Ukrainian servicemen were taken prisoner near the village of Nevelskoye near Avdiivka, for which there are heavy battles. In the video, prisoners ask for forgiveness from children living in the Donbass.
Formerly adviser to the interim acting Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin Jan Gagin stated that the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stationed in Avdiivka could fall into the cauldron organized by the advancing Russian military. February 24, 2022 President of Russia Vladimir Putin stated that he had decided to conduct a military special operation in Ukraine in response to a request for help from the heads of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR).
The decision to conduct the operation was the reason for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.