Nine Ukrainian conscripts surrendered without a fight and offered no resistance in the suburbs of Severodonetsk., according to RIA Novosti.

“Nine Ukrainian reservists laid down their arms and surrendered near Sirotino. According to the prisoners, they were mobilized in May to military unit number 3035, which until 2014 was stationed in Luhansk, and then in Kharkov,” the news ag3ency added.

Russia has been conducting a special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine since February 24, after the escalation of the conflict in the territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.