According to the People's Militia, on the night of April 11-12, a group of servicemen of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to break out of the blocked plant named after.
Ilyich.
“The special purpose unit of the Donetsk People's Republic prevented this breakthrough.
During the battle, up to 50 servicemen were destroyed, including five senior officers of the brigade, another 42 surrendered, ”said the official representative of the People’s Militia, Eduard Basurin.
During the inspection of the site of the clash, "the body of the commander of the 36th separate brigade of the Marine Corps, Colonel Vladimir Anatolyevich Baranyuk, was found, as well as his personal belongings and weapons," he said.
At the end of March, the People's Militia of the DPR reported that an attempt to evacuate the commander of the 36th brigade Baranyuk and the commander of Azov Prokopenko from the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol had been suppressed.