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Ukrainian Army makes dozens of experienced Russian soldiers escape the battlefield or surrender since the first day of the aggressor’s full-scale invasion. The total losses of Russians after seven days of the war reached 9 thousand personnel and almost 1800 units of military equipment. Earlier, Oleksii Arestovych, Adviser to the Head of the President’s Office, reported that Russia sent all available forces to Ukraine and have no more reserves, which forced putin to mobilise additional forces, sometimes totally unprepared for holding a gun.
The Security Service of Ukraine published a video on its Telegram channel, showing the testimonies of five captivities of age 19-22 years old. All of them say that they were deceived, as no one told them that they are going to fight against Ukraine.
«We acted like Germans [Nazis] because we attacked people, and they are simply defending their territory» – told a 21-year-old captive Eugeny.
They also add that they were afraid, simply obeyed to the officer’s order and were not allowed to ask any questions. The inexperienced occupiers call themselves «cannon fodder» and swear they didn’t want to fight. They greet their parents and call them to prevent new Russians to go fighting in Ukraine. «Do not let your children come here! Get together and go against Putin!» – says 19 year-old Rafik from Saratov.
Russian captive
Russian captive
Below, there’s also a video with the reserved forces from the temporarity occupied territories of Donbas (L/DNR, recently «recognised» by putin). The elderly wearing rags and helmets of the Red Army soldiers say they were mobilised among a thousand reservists and brought to the village of Zaitseve (near Horlivka in the Donetsk region, which had been occupied since 2014 and regained by the Ukrainian army on March 2).
By Vitalii Holich
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