'Steel Lions' capture Uzbek citizen on Lyman front

'Steel Lions' capture Uzbek citizen on Lyman front

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Soldiers from the 106th Battalion of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade, known as the "Steel Lions," have captured a citizen of Uzbekistan on the Lyman front.

According to Ukrinform, the Khortytsia Operational and Strategic Group of Forces announced this on Telegram, where a related video was also posted.

"A rare case – fighters of the 63rd Brigade on the Lyman front captured [...] a citizen of Uzbekistan. He says he sold himself for Russian citizenship and 2 million rubles. Umit (that's his name) went on an assault, got beaten, got lost, and ended up at the positions of our 106th Battalion," the post reads.

Earlier, soldiers from the 14th Mechanized Brigade used a drone to locate and destroy a gathering of Russian occupiers on the Kupiansk front.

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