{"id":3527,"date":"2026-02-06T10:47:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azov.army\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3527"},"modified":"2026-03-06T20:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:13:32","slug":"18-captured-russians-in-24-hours","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/azov.army\/en\/news\/18-captured-russians-in-24-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"18 prisoners in 24 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The International Battalion cleared the settlement of Zolotyi Kolodiaz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abandoned to their fate, the occupiers had been hiding for months in basements and dugouts throughout the village on the Dobropillia axis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To fully eliminate the remaining enemy resistance, fighters of the International Battalion of the 12th Special Forces Brigade Azov conducted a clearance operation. In just one day, they captured 18 servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How did the foreign fighters communicate with the occupiers? 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