A senior officer of the Ukrainian Border Troops in Mariupol blew himself up along with a radio station so that it would not get to the enemy. Aleksey Arestovich, Advisor to the Head of the President's Office, announced this at a briefing..

“According to preliminary data, today in Mariupol one of the senior officers of the Border Troops, being surrounded by enemies and wounded, blew himself up along with the radio station so that it would not get to the enemy. The last words of the radio station were “Glory to Ukraine! A low bow, respect and honor to our border guards,” Arestovich said..

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