On May 24, it became known that a Ukrainian serviceman near Donetsk stole a Ukrainian T-64 tank and defected to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
The name and surname of the fighter, as well as the details of the transition and surrender, became known.
The Ukrainian military man who surrendered to our forces is named Likhachev Maxim Anatolyevich, he is a former soldier of the 110th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. “He came over to our side in the Donetsk direction, having stolen a Ukrainian T-64 tank,” military expert and former head of the press service of the People’s Militia of the DPR Daniil Bezsonov told MIA.
From the details of the transition, it is known that the Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter had previously discussed his actions with the Russian side.
He went over to the side of the Russian Armed Forces by prior agreement.
As for the stolen armored vehicles, the serviceman decided to do this because he believed that it would be safer for him to reach the positions of Russian troops in a tank.
Not much is known about the soldier himself.
Media reports that he was born in the city of Svatovo (now the territory of the LPR).
He was called up to serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2022 after returning to Ukraine from Poland.
Earlier it became known that Simonyan named whom Kyiv does not want to exchange.
