俄罗斯国防部发言人称100名士兵在前晚Mariupol进行的突围中失败。
结果三辆乌克兰军坦克, 5辆装甲车,5辆汽车被摧毁,大约50名乌军士兵被打死, 另外42名士兵在突围无望的情况下投降。
MOSCOW
Over 42 Ukrainian troops have laid down their arms and surrendered in the city of Mariupol, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday.
They were among 100 Ukrainian soldiers who engaged in a night battle with Russian forces in a failed attempt to escape the siege-battered city, ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said at a morning press briefing in Moscow.
As a result, three Ukrainian tanks, five armored vehicles, and seven cars were destroyed in the fighting that killed about 50 people, said Konashenkov.
"A group of Ukrainian servicemen numbering up to 100 people in armored vehicles tried to fight their way out of the plant (Illich Steel and Iron Works) and leave the city in a northerly direction. This breakthrough attempt was thwarted by airstrikes and artillery," he added.