[Regnum] Ukrainian soldiers began to surrender en masse in Volchansk, Khar'kov region. This was reported by the Telegram channel “Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring”.“Ukrainian militants are surrendering in droves in Volchansk. The next portion of prisoners from the Khar'kov direction from the 7th border detachment and the 116th defense brigade surrendered to the fighters of the North group of forces,” the report says.
It is noted that near Volchansk, the Russian military defeated enemy units. After this, the surviving Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers requested from their command the evacuation of the wounded and an order to withdraw, but were refused. As a result, they all surrendered.
As Regnum reported, on May 14, the head of the military-civil administration of the Khar'kov region, Vitaly Ganchev, said that the Russian military had captured more than 60 militants of the Kraken (an extremist organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation).
A group of fighters from the Ukrainian formation “Brotherhood” (an extremist organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) surrendered during the battles near Khar'kov when one of them caused an explosion in a dugout. One of the captured militants reported that after this they laid down their weapons and raised their hands up.