According to a video released by Russia, 267 soldiers of the 503rd Battalion of the 36th Ukrainian Marine Brigade stationed in Mariupol surrendered to the Russian army on April 4, and this time the surrender of the Ukrainian army as an organization is quite rare, because Mariupol is the site of Ukraine's notorious "Azov Battalion" armed forces, and the Russian army and the Donetsk militia have surrounded Mariupol for a long time. Now the Russian army is onslaught against the Ukrainian army, using heavy weapons including Iskander ballistic missiles and Tos-1A Spitfire tanks, to strike at the Ukrainian army in Mariupol.
Russia began to attack Mariupol in March, in order not to harm civilians, the Russian army opened a number of humanitarian passages, allowing all civilians in the city to evacuate, during which there were many "Azov battalion" armed forces trying to fool through the border, because the "Azov battalion" militants have tattoos, so they were caught by the Russian army and the Donetsk militia at the pass. 202204078/Global Defense Watch/Ali, after the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol, Russian forces began to carry out large-scale attacks on Ukrainian troops in the city, after the Russian army had issued an ultimatum demanding the surrender of Ukrainian troops, but the Ukrainian troops entrenched in Mariupol refused to surrender.
When the Russian army and the Donetsk militia stormed Mariupol, the Ukrainian army once flew to Mariupol with 4 helicopters to carry out the evacuation of the commander of the "Azov battalion", the Russian army and the Donetsk militia set up an ambush, the Ukrainian army had 3 helicopters "smoothly" into Mariupol, after the helicopter took off, the Donetsk militia used the Stinger anti-aircraft missiles captured from the Ukrainian army, a shot into the soul, directly shot down the helicopter of the Ukrainian army, the Ukrainian "Azov battalion" The number two leader was killed on the spot. The tactical flexibility of the Russian army and the Donetsk militia crushed the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the leader of the "Azov Battalion".
From the perspective of the surrender of the Ukrainian army into a structure, the myth of the Ukrainian army entrenched in Mariupol is no longer there, and Global Defense Watch believes that the Russian army's use of Iskander ballistic missiles and Tos-1A spitfire tanks to attack Mariupol has caused great psychological pressure on the Ukrainian army, Russia has gained air supremacy in Mariupol, so all movements of the Ukrainian army are controlled by Russia. Because Mariupol was surrounded by Russian regiments, Ukraine was unable to supply Mariupol at all, and in the face of running out of ammunition, the Ukrainian army surrendered as a formation.
Now on the battlefield in Ukraine, the Ukrainian army is being suppressed by Russia, which on April 3 used caliber cruise missiles to hit an oil depot in Odessa, and now the russian army's combat objective is quite clear, that is, to attack the logistics center of the Ukrainian army, in addition to the oil depot, there is also an ammunition depot. When Russian troops capture Mariupol, operations will begin in Odessa, thus making Ukraine a "landlocked country". With the surrender of the Ukrainian army in Mariupol, Russia is about to capture Mariupol, if the remnants of the "Azov battalion" armed forces continue to resist, the Russian army and the Donetsk militia will not be soft, in fact, there are still Guards from Chechnya fighting in Mariupol, which is the nightmare of the "Azov battalion".