Ukrainian defenders liberated two villages near Zaporizhzhia

Denys Karlovskyy - Saturday, March 26, 2022, 22:16

Melitopol Territorial Defence Battalion carried out a successful offensive operation, liberating Malynivka and Poltavka villages east of Hulaypole.

Source: Zaporizhia Regional Military Administration in Telegram

Verbatim: "The villages of Poltavka and Malynivka, east of Hulaypole, were completely liberated from the Russian aggressors as a result of a successful offensive operation by the Melitopol Territorial Defense Battalion, along with other units of the Defense Forces of the  Zaporizhzhia region."

Details: According to the Zaporizhzhia separate Territorial Defence brigade, Ukrainian defenders terminated up to 80 units of aggressors’ manpower, several units of armoured vehicles, as well as seized documents and weapons of the motorised infantry unit of the Russian Federation in this vicinity.

Background: It was reported on March 25 that 70 Russian soldiers staged a riot against the command and refused to carry out orders in seized Melitopol.