| | Some reports claimed, even after President Putin rescinded the order to storm the catacombs, that up to 50 French NATO office were stilling hiding out with the Nazis, and the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that up to 400 mercenary fighters recruited by Western governments were among the Nazis. | | Some reports claimed, even after President Putin rescinded the order to storm the catacombs, that up to 50 French NATO office were stilling hiding out with the Nazis, and the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that up to 400 mercenary fighters recruited by Western governments were among the Nazis. |
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| + | On May 4, 2022, it was reported that Canadian Lieutenant General Trevor Cadier was arrested while trying to escape through a sewer from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, Cadieux is currently the highest-ranking foreign military officer among those detained in Ukraine, with the media giving him the nickname “mercenary general.” In addition, there is information that the general was in charge of Biological Laboratory No. 1, where they allegedly worked with deadly viruses. Cadieux is beiing helad at the [[Lubyanka]] in Moscow where he will stand trial. The surrender of Ukrainian military blocked at Azovstal began on May 16, 2022. According to unconfirmed reports, U.S. General Eric Olson, British Lieutenant Colonel John Bailey, and four other instructors from NATO countries walked out of the facility and surrendered according to Southfront.<ref>https://southfront.org/did-russia-really-capture-canadian-general-in-mariupol/</ref> |
| | [[File:Upside down cross.PNG|right||300px|thumb|Upside-down cross tattoo on the neck of a U.S. taxpayer-supported Azov Nazi after surrendering at the Battle of Mariupol, May 2022.]] | | [[File:Upside down cross.PNG|right||300px|thumb|Upside-down cross tattoo on the neck of a U.S. taxpayer-supported Azov Nazi after surrendering at the Battle of Mariupol, May 2022.]] |
| | On April 21, 2022, Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] instructed Gen. Sergey Shoigu to halt the storming of Azovstal, apparently shifting to a strategy of starving out the encircled remaining holdouts. It was thought that about 1,400 Ukrainian fighters and foreign mercenaries, along with dozens of NATO officers, civilian families of the fighters and possibly some civilian hostages were still holed up in the bunkers. The Azov regiment apparently had stockpiled enough food and drinking for a lengthy holdout. The Russians did not cut internet access.<ref>https://southfront.org/liberation-of-mariupol/</ref> More than 142,000 civilians had been evacuated from the city. Gen Shoigu declared victory in the battle. An estimated 9,000-10,000 Ukrainian forces and mercenaries had been killed in the battle. | | On April 21, 2022, Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] instructed Gen. Sergey Shoigu to halt the storming of Azovstal, apparently shifting to a strategy of starving out the encircled remaining holdouts. It was thought that about 1,400 Ukrainian fighters and foreign mercenaries, along with dozens of NATO officers, civilian families of the fighters and possibly some civilian hostages were still holed up in the bunkers. The Azov regiment apparently had stockpiled enough food and drinking for a lengthy holdout. The Russians did not cut internet access.<ref>https://southfront.org/liberation-of-mariupol/</ref> More than 142,000 civilians had been evacuated from the city. Gen Shoigu declared victory in the battle. An estimated 9,000-10,000 Ukrainian forces and mercenaries had been killed in the battle. |