Zakabluk said he and the other troops stationed there turned down a Russian offer of safe passage when it became clear they would have to lay down their arms and surrender.
Valery Zakabluk spoke to CNN about how he was released from Russian captivity after five weeks.Initial reports said the 13 border guards had died after refusing to surrender Snake Island, which sits 186 miles off Crimea.A bus brings Ukrainian servicemen from Zmeiny Island after their garrison surrendered to Russian troops.The Ukrainians were first held in a barracks in Sevastopol, the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Russian-annexed Crimea.
The Ukrainians were first held in a barracks in Sevastopol, the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Russian-annexed Crimea. After two weeks there, he said, they were put on a plane and taken out of the country, likely to northern Russia.
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