by Kirill Kurelev at Sputnik News
The head of the Russian region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said on Tuesday that more than 1,000 Ukrainian Marines had surrendered in the city of Mariupol.
“More than 1,000 Marines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered today in Mariupol. There are hundreds of wounded among them. This is the right choice,” he wrote in a Telegram post.
According to Kadyrov, Ukrainian groups are breaking up one after another, as they do not know what to do with the wounded, nor do they understand where to go and what to do next in their fighting, and that “after all, resistance is useless, and there are practically no combat forces left.”
The Chechen leader added that only individual small groups of servicemen are currently in combat, which “for some reason are afraid to come out with a white flag to the Russian troops.”
Kadyrov urged the Ukrainian troops “not to be afraid.” He also called on them to “think about your loved ones, the wounded, your own and others’ lives, about how a stray bullet can bring tragedy to your homes.”
He added that at the moment there are approximately 200 wounded hiding deep in the Azovstal plant area who cannot receive medical care.
Kadyrov emphasized that it would be better for the Ukrainian troops to stop fighting and return home.
“I appeal to those who are still holed up in the basements and tunnels of the plant: you know that we treat prisoners humanely. Come out! Think about your own and other families, as more than a thousand Marines did today,” he said.