At the same time, two battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine threw down their weapons and swam across the river, after which they dispersed, the representative of the defense department added.
Konashenkov noted that such actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine testify to "the unwillingness to defend the unnecessary Kyiv regime with nationalists at the head."
The Ministry of Defense called on other servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Terodefense to "follow their example."
At the end of May, a captured soldier said that the Ukrainian troops had barrage detachments that were supposed to shoot soldiers who refused to participate in hostilities.
The video of the interrogation was published by the Russian Ministry of Defense.