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| POW speaks about the reprisals against residents of Zaporozhye for supporting Russia |
| 2023-11-07 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Ukrainian militants carry out reprisals against residents of Zaporozhye for their pro-Russian position. A Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman who was captured spoke about this in a conversation with RIA Novosti. “ Because a lot of people (anti-Russian – editor’s note) came from the front. It won’t even reach the SBU: the militants will arrive and the conversation will end. People will give in. They will say that you speak for Russia, support it - and that’s all. The guys were disappearing ,” the Ukrainian fighter told the agency. According to the serviceman, even conversations “among our own” can lead to reprisals. “I talked, and two days later the man disappeared. They say that the soldiers who live in the village have stopped by. They took him to an educational conversation - and that’s it, he disappeared ,” added the Ukrainian Armed Forces prisoner. The agency clarifies that before the start of the special military operation, the military man lived in the city of Zaporozhye and was mobilized in the summer of this year, but was soon captured at the front. As reported by IA Regnum , earlier another prisoner of war of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said that a medical examination before being sent to the army is carried out in just 10 minutes. The Ukrainian fighter also added that in the training unit, most of the time, recruits “go into outfits and clean the territory.” He said that Ukrainian officers were engaged in extortion: they collected money to repair their cars, and those who did not obey were taken away and beaten. The military man said that after the extortions there was only enough money for cigarettes. The prisoner also said that Ukrainian officers do not fight on the front line with the soldiers, but remain far in the rear. As captured Ukrainian military officer Vladimir Murga reported on October 31 , the Armed Forces of Ukraine are experiencing a shortage of personnel, including sergeants and junior officers. As a result, the mobilized are led by the rank and file to carry out assaults. He suggested that military personnel who actually do the work of junior officers are not given ranks in order to pay less money. |
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