A total of 471 Ukrainian soldiers were detained : Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson

By A Staff Reporter : In the Kharkiv region, the 302nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, equipped with the Book M-1 air defense system, voluntarily surrendered their weapons, said Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson Major General Igor Yevgenyevich Konashenkov. He added that a total of 461 Ukrainian troops had been detained on yesterday.
For the past 24 hours, a contingent of troops from the Lugansk People's Republic, with the help of fire from the Russian Armed Forces, conducted successful offensive operations and took control of settlements in Novoakhtirka, Smolyaninovo, Stanichno-Luhansko.In the last days since the declaration of war, the cities of Kherson and Bardiansk have been besieged by Russian armed forces. Major General Igor Yevgenyovich Konashenkov said the city of Zhenychevsk and the Chernobyevka air base near Kherson were also under control.At the same time, he said, "a group of soldiers from the Donetsk People's Republic attacked Petrovsk. Another 12 km was advanced. Pavlopol and Pishevik were then taken under control. "