Volodymyr Zelensky says 600 Russian troops surrendered in one day

Ukrainian chief Volodymyr Zelensky has shared an replace on the battle ravaging his nation (Image: Getty Photographs/AP)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says between 500 and 600 Russian troops surrendered yesterday alone.

Vladimir Putin’s forces are considered affected by low morale, with many working quick on meals and gas provides.

Many troops seem to have been saved at midnight over the Russian tyrant’s true intentions, with one platoon claiming they didn’t suppose they'd been despatched to kill as they laid down their arms.

In an try and embarrass the Kremlin, the Ukrainian defence ministry even invited Russian mums to come back and choose up their captured sons.

Western leaders say Russia didn’t safe the swift victory anticipated by many, with an armoured convoy stalling outdoors Kyiv for over per week.

However now the 40 mile lengthy line of navy automobiles is on the transfer once more, spreading out into surrounding forests and villages in an try and encircle the capital.

It isn't clear if anybody has been capable of independently confirm Zelensky’s declare on the variety of Russians who surrendered on March 11.

Numerous residential blocks have been destroyed by relentless shelling by Russian forces (Image: AP)

An condo constructing is blown to items by Russian forces within the metropolis of Mariupol (Image: AP)

The identical goes for the variety of Russian and Ukrainian troops killed within the battle – with estimates by Moscow and Kyiv completely different considerably.

Julia Ioffee, a Russian-born American journalist, instructed The ReidOut on Thursday that Russians are being ‘utterly reduce off’ from the reality about what’s taking place in Ukraine.

It comes as Putin carries out a ruthless crackdown on impartial information shops, whereas additionally waging warfare with Western social media corporations.

‘[Russians] suppose or are being instructed the warfare is simply within the Donbas, that there are very minimal casualties on the Russian aspect, that the Russian aspect is being extremely beneficiant and cautious with the civilians,’ Ms Ioffee stated.

‘In fact none of that is true however that’s what Russians are being instructed and there's no different narrative.

‘They’re mainly shutting their inhabitants off utterly from the fact of this warfare. What Russians are seeing of this warfare is just not what we’re seeing.’

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