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Russian commanders use mobilized prisoners as punishments for combat reconnaissance

18 Oct, 2022
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Russian commanders use mobilized prisoners as punishments for combat reconnaissance

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While recruiting convicts in Russian prisons, the head of the PMC "Wagner" promised them they would be able to "wash away their sins" with the blood of Ukrainians and receive "clean" documents. But despite the promise, they are thrown into the front line as "cannon fodder".

So some "volunteers", like this one captured during SBU interrogation, "fought" in Ukraine for 2 days - he arrived on September 21, and was taken prisoner the very next day.

“We are being used as cannon fodder. Our commander sent us forward, at first we walked together and then looked back - they were very far away. Ordinary cannon fodder: in order to know where what positions are, who is standing where … We are like cannon fodder … When we recruited, we were told a completely different story, ” the invader admits.

According to him, they were personally recruited by the leader of the PMC "Wagner" Prigozhyn. He said that the convicts will fight side by side with "experienced" soldiers who will teach them everything, and they will not be on the front lines.

So, out of 1,200 prisoners, 267 immediately agreed to "mobilization".

But in a matter of days, this occupier realized that "this is not the case here at all" and realized that he would survive only if he surrendered.


The Odessa Journal

The Odessa Journal

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