Russian military issues ultimatum demanding Ukrainian forces surrender

According to RIA Novosti, Rossiya 24 TV channel reported that the advisor to the head of Donetsk Igor Kimakovsky said that the order of the Russian military group gave an ultimatum to the 110th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, stationed in the settlement of Velikaya Novoselka, in the Donetsk region, to surrender.

"In Velikaya Novoselka, the enemy has not been defending continuously for several days. There is only concentrated resistance, mainly in the north of the village. The 110th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has received an ultimatum to surrender from us," said Igor Kimakovsky.

According to Mr. Kimakovsky, despite the ultimatum, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are tasked with continuing to hold their positions.

"Although they really have no logistical plan for supplying, transporting ammunition, moving the wounded. Therefore, the Ukrainian armed formations and command will first of all be destroyed the garrison in Velikaya Novoselka," Kimakovsky added.

Earlier, the Chairman of the Committee of the Chamber of Social Work on Sovereignty Issues, Co-Chairman of the Coordination Council for the Integration of New Regions, Vladimir Rogov, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to organize the evacuation of their garrison from Velikaya Novoselka, but all opportunities to escape have been missed.

On the Ukrainian side, the representative of the strategic combat group "Khortitsa", Viktor Tregubov, said that the situation around the village was very tense and there was a risk that the Ukrainian army would fall into the encirclement of the Russian Armed Forces.

The village of Velikaya Novoselka is located at the junction of the Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions. The village is home to the largest command and logistics headquarters of the Ukrainian army.