Captive Azovs can be a means of additional political pressure.
In the regiment “Azov do not consider the option of delivery in captive to the Russian occupiers, because they understand that they will not survive even with such a development, and will feel like traitors, said during an online briefing from occupied Mariupol, Azov Regiment Intelligence Officer Ilya Samoilenko.
“We are all this At one time they knew that the Azov Regiment had no high chance of survival if we were taken prisoner, and it was unacceptable to surrender. Everyone who is a prisoner is a resource of political and military pressure, a resource to increase the level of negotiations and positions that we can leave on the political scene, “he said.
Samoilenko said that in late April, the Russian occupiers captured a Ukrainian serviceman who was unconscious at the time. In their information space, they pretended that he had surrendered, and a few days later his mother received a photo from his phone announcing his death.
However, no one in the regiment considers their actions heroic, but understands that the situation in which they find themselves is unique.
“The truth is that we are unique. Nobody expected us to stand still for so long … Many people say that we are heroes. Many call us heroes … We do our job. … When the siege of the city began, we decided to stand here anyway and protect it. We had an order to defend Mariupol. We did not have an order to lift the defense, “he said.
No one expected us to last that long. I did not expect either. We thought that the Russian Federation would defeat everyone, but the Armed Forces resisted, “Samoilenko added.
He said that the Azovs had captured several Russian servicemen, who were then exchanged.
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