Russian Defense Ministry published video of transporting Ukrainian troops from Zmiinyi Island to Sevastopol

MOSCOW. Feb 26 (Interfax) - The Russian Defense Ministry has on Saturday released a video of the transportation of a group of 82 Ukrainian servicemen from the Zmiinyi Island to Sevastopol.

The video shows how the Ukrainian troops were brought to Sevastopol on the Black Sea Fleet's Shakhter salvage tugboat. The Russian Defense Ministry's footage also includes the tugboat's arrival and the Ukrainian servicemen's disembarking, receiving rations and bottled water and being put on buses.

"The group of 82 Ukrainian servicemen who refused to resist and voluntarily surrendered their weapons on the Zmiinyi Island was brought to Sevastopol on the Black Sea Fleet's Shakhter salvage tugboat today," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

On February 25, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Gen. Maj. Igor Konashenkov said that this group of Ukrainian servicemen had surrendered their weapons near the Zmiinyi Island.