A captured soldier The Ukrainian Armed Forces told about the escape of half of the company from the positions

75 people, which is about half of the 53rd separate reconnaissance battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), fled from their positions. Ruslan Lechuk, a battalion scout captured by the Russian Army, told about this on April 16.

"First, I got to the training ground, where we were divided into companies. <...> Half of them firmly decided that they would no longer take up arms, 75 people fled. Another quarter just couldn't leave," he told TASS.

It is noted that the escape was not carried out all at once, but gradually — they left one at a time, then two at a time.

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