Hundreds of Ukrainian troops surrender in Debaltseve

Soldiers who were among several hundred that took up positions around a Ukrainian military base walk towards their parked vehicles in Crimea. Reuters file photo
Moscow, Russia: Hundreds of government troops are surrendering to pro-Russian separatist forces in the east Ukrainian town of Debaltseve, separatist press service DAN cited a pro-Russian rebel official as saying on Wednesday.
‘In Debaltseve there is a massive surrender of weapons by (Ukrainian) forces. These people number in the hundreds,’ DAN quoted Maksim Leshchenko as saying.