The fifth battalion of the territorial defence "Prykarpattya" in full deserted from the zone of anti-terrorist operations. The column with 400 soldiers of the volunteer units, unauthorized headed in Delyatyn Ivano-Frankivsk region, was stopped by police and security forces on Wednesday afternoon in the area of Znamenka (Kirovohrad region), TV channel TSN.

According to journalists, the volunteers left the area ATO five days ago, heading to a place of permanent deployment to relax, regroup and surrender of weapons".

As has told to journalists, soldiers of the battalion, a combat zone they were forced to leave the physical exhaustion and destruction of standing on the arms "of the Carpathians" military equipment. "The Russian [troops] were standing there and shooting at our brother from rocket launchers "Grad", citing TSN words of one of the soldiers of the battalion.

on August 24 near Novoivanovka (Donetsk region) separatists attacked two checkpoints, exhibited Karpaty. In the result of a mortar attack all equipment, ammunition and food battalion were destroyed. After the retreat of the soldiers received the order to return to the left position and the threat of a trial for desertion, if the order will not be executed. This was reported by one of the soldiers of the 1st company of the battalion edition of "the Week".

Requirements immediate rotation of the 5th battalion was put forward and the families of combatants. According to Interfax-Ukraine, Monday mothers and wives volunteers repeatedly blocked the Galician street, one of the Central in Ivano-Frankivsk. The roadway they blocked the road tires and missed only ambulances and rescue services.

Security officials entered into negotiations with fighters, requiring them to surrender their weapons immediately, and not in Delyatyn. On the scene came personally Lieutenant-General Anatoly boshnakov, commander of Land forces of the Armed forces of Ukraine, as well as the first Deputy Prosecutor General Nikolai Golove. Following the talks, the soldiers "Prykarpattya" agreed to take the grenade launchers and grenades, leaving a small arms. The parties agreed that the battalion will be given a 10-day vacation, after which, probably, the battalion will docomplete.

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