“I want to appeal to my former colleagues, servicemen of the territorial defense, to make the right choice and follow my path,” TASS quoted him as saying.
He also noted that some orders of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine led to strikes on villages and cities, in particular the order to collect data and coordinates of Russian troops.
According to him, at least 200 houses were damaged in Chernobaevka as a result of such strikes.
On May 8, the commander of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade since 2021, Hero of Ukraine, Colonel Volodymyr Baranyuk, said in an interview with RT that the Kyiv regime was deceiving the Ukrainian military, promising a deblockade.