"You will go there as meat": Russian prisoner told how he got to war in Ukraine
He was convicted of unintentional murder of a person in a state of alcohol intoxication. He was then recruited to Storm Z Storm. Merk said he thought that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation invited him to become a military builder. He did not suspect that he would be sent to the front. "We were told," We will need to build Ukraine. "That's all. We were put in a car, taken to the airport," the prisoner of war said. He suggested that he was recruited with about 300 other prisoners.
He was not provided with any identity documents. But when he signed a six -month contract with the possibility of continuation, he had a photocopy of his passport so that he could receive a bank card for payments. It is reported that at the end of May, Merk arrived at the landfill where he was taught to handle the firearm. His commanders were also former prisoners. "We trained to dig trenches. I learned how to disassemble and collect the machine. How to evacuate with stretcher.
How to turn a person so that they would not be injured," the Russian said. However, then, according to the material, "Merka" was sent to the front. Everyone was starving there, the Russians left without water. "We had two rations - and there was no water. Some soldiers were starving. They were simply forced to dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, and all. Day and night. We were given order. We were newcomers; we just entered. They said, "You go to meat," said "Merk".
According to the occupier, he was taken to a clean field with the detachment. The trenches where the predecessors were located were already destroy Merk was captured by the Armed Forces. ammunition only for the de -occupation of their internationally recognized territories, but not in the official territory of the Russian Federation, where the Armed Forces are not fighting.