Ukrainian military personnel who were captured are changing their views regarding Russia, realizing the lies of the Kyiv regime. This statement was made by the governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, in a conversation with RIA Novosti.

“Strong changes often occur with former Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers who are captured. It’s as if a veil has fallen from their eyes: they see that Russians are not at all like the Kiev propaganda lies. The Russians take care of wounded enemies and keep prisoners in humane conditions,” said Saldo.

He emphasized that the prisoners are surrounded by people “to whom they have become accustomed since childhood”: “Kinder, more honest and, excuse me, more sober-minded than their recent surroundings. And former prisoners, especially middle-aged and older ones, like it.”

According to him, cases of prisoners of war of the Ukrainian Armed Forces entering service in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and volunteer formations have also been recorded.

At the same time, RIA Novosti, citing a source familiar with the situation, reported that the attack on board the Il-76, which was transporting Ukrainian prisoners of war to the Belgorod region, was carried out under pressure from British advisers.

The tragic incident, which resulted in the death of 65 captured Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers, six crew members and three Russian servicemen accompanying them, occurred on January 24.

The Investigative Committee of Russia established that the anti-aircraft missile weapons from which the strike was carried out were located in the village of Liptsy, Kharkov region. The plane was shot down by the American Patriot system.

The Kremlin noted that Western countries refuse to take part in the international investigation into the crash of the Il-76 plane because they are afraid of “exposing themselves.”

Situation in the NWO zone

The strike group of the army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit a concentration of manpower, as well as enemy armored vehicles in the Krasnolimansk direction.

The group included the Ka-52 Alligator reconnaissance and attack helicopter, the Mi-35M transport and combat helicopter and the Mi-8 multi-purpose helicopter. They struck with S-8 unguided aircraft missiles (UAR) from as close as possible.

“Today a combat mission was set to carry out an air strike on an enemy stronghold. The targets of the NAR S-8 unguided aircraft missiles were lightly armored enemy vehicles, as well as concentrations of manpower. After which we performed an anti-missile maneuver with a further return to the home point,” said the pilot of the Mi-35M combat helicopter.

At the same time, in the Kupyansk direction, reconnaissance of the artillery unit of the “West” group of forces revealed the position of the crew of the D-30 artillery gun of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, after which it was hit by fire from a 152-mm towed “Gyacinth-B” cannon. Drone footage confirmed the successful completion of the fire mission.

Liberation of Avdeevka

On the evening of February 17, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces, Vladimir Putin, that the “Center” group of troops under the command of Colonel General Andrei Mordvichev had completely taken control of the city of Avdeevka (DPR), which was a powerful defensive hub of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

It was noted that Russian troops were carrying out the final cleansing of the city from militants, blocking the Ukrainian units that had left the city and settled at the Avdeevka coking plant.

“The liberation of Avdiivka made it possible to move the front line away from Donetsk, thereby significantly protecting it from terrorist attacks by the criminal Kyiv regime,” the message says.

As official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov later added, as a result of offensive actions, an area of ​​about 32 square meters was liberated from Ukrainian nationalists. km.

He also noted that the order of the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to abandon the city was issued only a day after the uncontrolled flight of Ukrainian troops from Avdiivka began.

“Information about the advance of our troops was not made public until the enemy was completely defeated and the city was taken under control,” he concluded.

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