The first trial in the case of war crimes of Ukrainian nationalists in the Donbass region may be held before the end of summer, according to the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin.

All those who surrendered are currently being interrogated in order to establish if they were involved in war crimes, including the shelling of residential areas, killing civilians and prisoners of war etc.

The interrogation of Sergei Volynsky (nicknamed Volyna), the former commander of the 36th separate Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was of particular interest.

Being besieged in Azovstal, he closely cooperated with the leaders of the Azov regiment, ad gained worldwide fame thanks to his patriotic appeals to world leaders and even the Pope with requests for “emergency extraction” of Ukrainian nationalists.

He gave his first interview in a prison camp, which revealed that members of the famous Mariupol garrison are snot as brave as Volyna claimed on his video appeals from Azovstal.

Sergey Volynsky, former commander of the 36th separate brigade of the AFU Marines:

“We were supposed to act together, but from there was no command on the move received from Baranyuk. He acted by yourself or I don’t know what maneuvers he was pursuing, what goals. He came under artillery fire, air strikes, his equipment ran into mine barriers. People were killed, wounded, and the movement of equipment “drowned”. About two hundred guys went with me, mostly guys from the Marine battalion which I served. We got ready, we put “Z” signs on the equipment to confuse the forces who might accidentally meet us on the way. We worked out the route, built a combat order and moved in the direction Azovstal.”

“In fact, there was nothing left. We had remnants of ammunition, small armaments. There were great difficulties with water, food, equipment, and the morale of the soldiers. There were many wounded, many dead. The Russian Federation had superiority in aviation, artillery, armored vehicles, tanks and manpower. We were completely surrounded and that was the problem.”

Source: SOUTHFRONT

Header: Russian service members work on demining the territory of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, May 22, 2022. Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters