The third independent Azov突击 brigade of the Ukrainian army lost a battalion in the battle on the Kupiansk front, and the remaining forces surrendered to the Russian army. One of the captured Azov brigade fighters said that his unit was surrounded on a section of the front line in Kupiansk, almost completely annihilated, and seeing no hope of breaking out, he chose to raise his hands and surrender. Another captured Azov fighter said that when he was captured, his battalion had only about 15 people left. He didn't know what happened in the next three days because he was captured, but he felt very happy because he survived.
The prisoners from the third independent Azov突击 brigade told the Russians that the Azov brigade's command did not appear on the front line, and the main force was not on the front line either. In fact, the Azov brigade preferred to stay in the rear, filming specially staged videos for Ukrainian youths to lure them into joining the Ukrainian army. The so-called "volunteers" joined the Ukrainian army under the persuasion of the Azov brigade and went to the front line.
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