
A Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter, Daniel Zharkov, who surrendered near Slavyansk, described the actions of the Russian military, noting the intensity of the shelling, after which he and his colleagues decided to lay down their arms.
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Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter Daniel Zharkov was captured during the fighting in the Slavyansk region.
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Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter Daniel Zharkov, who surrendered near Slavyansk, described the actions of the Russian Armed Forces against the Ukrainian military as “a normal nightmare.”
According to Zharkov, after three grenades landed at the strong point, he and his comrades surrendered to Russian soldiers.
MOSCOW, October 8 - RIA Novosti. A Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter, ethnic Sudanese, Daniel Zharkov, who surrendered near Slavyansk, described the work of the Russian Armed Forces against the Ukrainian military with the phrase “they were a normal nightmare.”
“The Russian armed forces began to hold us normally in one position and then knock us out of this trench line... They were normally a nightmare, probably until the night,” the prisoner said in a video provided by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Zharkov added that soon three grenades flew into the stronghold where he was with his comrades.
“When the third grenade landed, I heard that they were offering to surrender. Well, we surrendered,” he said.

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