A Russian soldier in his 40s was arrested by Ukrainian authorities on the 13th (local time) after hiding for six months in a village in Kharkiv, northeast of the country, which was recaptured by Ukrainian forces in September last year.
According to the British Guardian, police officers from the Kharkiv region of Ukraine found a 42-year-old Russian soldier hiding in civilian clothes in an abandoned building while patrolling the town of Kupyansk-Uzroy.
“After investigation, the man from Moscow was found to be a member of the motorized rifle brigade of the 27th separate garrison of the Russian Federation,” the Harukiu district police said in a statement. He claimed to have been hiding since then.”
Ukrainian police did not provide further details. It is believed that this man broke away from his unit while retreating due to a counterattack by the Ukrainian army in September of last year.
However, it is still unknown how he was able to stay hidden for six months after the withdrawal of Russian troops. Earlier, in September of last year, Ukrainian forces launched a surprise counterattack in Kharkiv, a key northeastern front, driving out thousands of Russian troops from a territory of more than 6,000 square kilometers and strengthening regional control.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military is conducting a large-scale search operation to find the remaining Russian troops in the area recovered from the Russian army since the beginning of the war.
“The authorities have received information that a Russian diversionary-infiltration group is stationed in the region,” said Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration.
“We have introduced a strict curfew in the region between 5pm and 6:30am to avoid civilian deaths while the military and police are searching for Russian (secret) infiltrators,” said Prukhodin. please do it Please help the National Guard to eliminate the Russians in a calm state.”
Source: Donga
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