“More than 1,000 Ukrainian troops have surrendered in Mariupol”: Russia’s defense ministry

News Desk: Russia’s defense ministry said that more than 1,000 Ukrainian troops have surrendered in Mariupol.

In it’s statement, they said “1,026 soldiers from Ukraine’s 36th Marine Brigade had surrendered in the town of Mariupol. Among them were 162 officers and 47 woman soldiers”

Ukraine has claimed that thousands of civilians have already been killed in Mariupol in the fight.