MOSCOW, February 24. /TASS/. There was a mass surrender of Ukrainian servicemen in Avdeyevka, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"We have already taken away about two hundred prisoners of war after the mop-up and according to information received, we plan to hunt out about a hundred captives in coming days," Battlegroup Center Commander Andrey Mordvichev reported to Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu.