On April 12, 2022, hundreds of soldiers of the 36th Independent Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have broken the Russian encirclement and joined the “Azov” Regiment, where they joined forces for joint action.

This is reported by Преступности.НЕТ with reference to the brigade officer.

According to the cited Ukrainian officer, the special operation has been completed successfully despite the grave difficulty.

“I can’t give you all the details, but I can say that right now we have joined the “Azov” Regiment. Several hundred marines managed to come out, including the wounded,” said the officer from the 36th Brigade.

Blogger Roman Ponomarenko reports some marines attempting to make a break towards the main forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He also reports that the brigade’s main forces of the brigade remained to keep the defense in the area of the Azovmash plant.

Previously, on April 11, the military of the Azov regiment reported that the aggressor had used a poisonous substance. The substance of unknown origin was dropped from a UAV of the invader’s forces.