Incidents

Lost in the forest: border guards were captured by a 61-year-old occupier (photo, video)

To spread: the military personnel of the Izmail border detachment in the Sumy direction were captured by a 61-year-old Russian who wandered in the forest for one and a half days. At interrogation, he confessed that he was forced by the Russian police to sign a contract with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. About it reports on April 4 the State Border Service of Ukraine.

The Russian contractor was captured by the military personnel of the Izmail border detachment during the combat mission. In the video of the interrogation, he says that he is from Murmansk, has 61 years and serves in the army of the Russian Federation. The captive told the border guards that in the Sumy region had to complete the task: to deliver food to the leading positions of his unit. However, it turned out that he got lost in the woods and was looking for a way to his own one and a half days.

"One went. The captive Russian also confessed that he was forced by Russian police to go to military service under contract. "Under the contract, the police were forced," he answers the border guards. In the published photo of the order, it can be seen that the 61-year-old contractor was sent to the military unit for service on January 24, 2025. The SSSU states that the prisoners were transferred to the competent authorities that will carry out further investigative actions.