Russian officers are being removed from combat positions to guard the so-called parade scheduled for 9 May in Mariupol, a city destroyed by the occupiers. The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reports about it.
"The entire command of the 71st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the russian occupying troops was directed to protect the Kremlin assassins, rapists, false propagandists, and their local henchmen who came to Mariupol," - the post reads.
The 71st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 58th Army is stationed in the village of Kalinovskaya (the Chechen Republic of the russian federation).
The Main Intelligence Directorate published a list of the regiment's command staff. The list can be seen at the link. [додати посилання https://gur.gov.ua/content/rosiiskykh-ofitseriv-znimaiut-z-boiovykh-pozytsii-dlia-okhorony-paradu-v-zruinovanomu-mariupoli.html]
On 6 May, we reported about 373 people in a filtration camp in the village of Bezimyane after being deported from Mariupol.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed that the destruction of the Ukrainian military and civilians by the russian occupiers, who remain on the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, could put an end to negotiations with russia.