08/18/2024 – Translated from Ukrainian via Google and OFP

Soldiers of the 225th OSHB continue to actively replenish the exchange fund . This time they captured the company commander of one of the marine infantry brigades of the Russian Armed Forces.

The soldiers published a short video with the captured occupier, in which he asks to exchange him for “Azov” soldiers who defended “Azovstal” in Mariupol and have been in Russian captivity for the third year. The video appeared on the Facebook page of the battalion.

Captured Russian servicemen who surrendered to Ukrainian soldiers in Kurshchyna continue to join the “action of support” for the defenders of Mariupol, who have been in Russian captivity for the third year. Now they were joined by the company commander of one of the marine infantry brigades of the Russian Armed Forces Andriy Kichov. He asked to exchange it for captured “Azovians”.

“I, Junior Lieutenant Andrii Andriyovych Kichov, the company commander of the first motorized rifle battalion of the 810th marine brigade. I was taken prisoner by the 225th ZShB. I am asking to exchange me for the captured “Azovians” – the defenders of Mariupol,” the occupier says in the video.

Also, Ukrainian soldiers showed a video shot with the help of an unmanned aerial vehicle, which recorded the panicked flight of Russian marines of the “legendary” brigade after their commander was captured (attention, the video contains profanity).

As established by the Russia no context Telegram channel, Kichov was previously a mercenary of the “Wagner” PMC, fought against Ukraine and was very happy about Russia’s terrorist attacks on peaceful Ukrainian cities. The channel’s authors published screenshots of his messages.

The “Docman” mentioned on one of the chests, according to Russia no context, was liquidated.

The battalion emphasized that, unlike captured Russians, Ukrainians in Russian captivity experience abuse and torture.

“The fighters who defended “Azovstal” have been in Russian captivity for the third year. Everyone has seen in what condition the defenders of Ukraine return. Our new “friend” wants to join the campaign to support the captured heroes from “Azovstal” and will be happy if he is exchanged “, defenders commented on the video with the occupier.

The 810th Marine Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces, in whose ranks Kichov serves, took an active part in the occupation of Crimea in February-March 2014. It was from the base of this Russian unit that ex-president Viktor Yanukovych fled to the Russian Federation.

Servicemen of the brigade were involved in the blockade of the Belbek airfield, the Balaclava detachment of the Maritime Guard, the Southern Naval Base in Novoozerny. The brigade also blocked marines from 1 separate battalion of marines in Feodosia, and the deputy commander of this unit demanded that the commander of the Ukrainian marines, Dmytro Delyatskyi, surrender and go over to the side of the invaders.

The occupiers from the 810th Russian brigade also equipped combat positions at the entrances to Crimea in the area of ​​Chongaru and Armyansk. And at the end of 2014, they lit up in the battles in the Azov region near Mariupol.

Already after the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, 810 BrMP took part in an aggressive war. Its personnel was supposed to land between Mykolaiv and Odesa, but during the reconnaissance landing, the Russian marines suffered heavy losses.

The brigade also took part in the occupation of Mariupol (which adds a special “charm” to the request of the captured Kichov to exchange him for the defenders of this city), where in the spring of 2022, the then commander of the unit Oleksiy Sharov was eliminated.

In the autumn of 2022, the brigade was defeated during the offensive of Ukrainian soldiers in the Kherson region, the unit lost about 85% of its personnel, those who were not finished, went to the left bank. As of March 2024, they took part in battles in the Krynkiv region. The brigade openly admitted that they used chemical grenades against Ukrainian soldiers on the left bank.

We will remind, the day before, on August 17, it became known that soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine captured another batch of Kadirov residents. Those on the video admitted that they were “happy” to be captured by the Ukrainians and that they seemed to have surrendered themselves. And one even praised the Armed Forces for protecting their homeland.

https://war.obozrevatel.com/ukr/ukrainski-voini-vzyali-v-polon-komandira-roti-morpihiv-rf-video.htm