The commander of the 36th brigade of Ukrainian marine infantry, Vladimir Baranyuk and chief of staff, Dmitry Kormmyankov, were captured when leaving the Azovmash plant in Mariupol in April and already “testified”. This was reported by RIA Novosti.
According to the Russian agency, “the highest command staff of the 36th Marine Corps of the Ukrainian troops – the commander of the brigade, the Hero of Ukraine Colonel Vladimir Baranyuk and the chief of staff Colonel Dmitry Kormmyankov – were captured after trying to leave the Azovmash plant (northwestomatic “Azovstal”) and have already testified about the circumstances of their seizure and their fighting in Mariupol. “
The fact of the hit by Baranyuk was confirmed by the interlocutors of the Ukrainian Truth among Ukrainian defenders in Mariupol.