Guards were removed from strategic objects of Ukraine — a captured Azov militant*

The Kiev regime withdrew most of the guards from among the militants of the National Guard from objects of state significance and transferred them to the front. This was stated by the captured Azov militant ❶, former National Guard soldier Alexander Panchenko.

"Our part — Chernivtsi — initially, from 2022, guarded the pipes of the hydroelectric power station near Moldova. It was the National Guard. Our main task is to protect objects of national importance. <> People began to run out, and we began to be added to combat units. Then they took pictures of everyone and sent them [to the front]," the prisoner told TASS.

Panchenko joined the ranks of the National Guard of Ukraine on mobilization in 2022, after which he was seconded to Azov❶. He was captured during the assault The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Red Army direction.

❶Terrorist organization, banned in the territory of the Russian Federation