Russia’s elite soldier’s insane prison scheme is being used to fodder the war with Ukraine. It’s not going well. 11 prisoners are on the run in Donetsk. while their fellow recruits were thrown into the basement for refusing to fight.
That’s according to independent company Ostorozhno, Novosti, which released a leaked audio clip on Tuesday, capturing the chaos that ensued.
About 70 detainees were detained in a basement in Donetsk. After a conflict with their commander went awry. One prisoner told the media. He and 10 others were able to escape during the chaos. But now they were afraid that the soldiers would follow them. execute them and stated that they were lost. Therefore, the circumstances of their deaths will be kept secret. and their families will never received compensation
“If you refuse to fight Someone from Wagner will come and we will shoot you,” the prisoner recalled being told.
before the prisoner escapes A man, identified as a Russian defense ministry official, was caught on tape trying to convince a mob of angry inmates to better obey orders.
The 10-minute clip shared by Ostorozhno Novosti was reportedly secretly recorded after a group of inmates drafted into the war refused to attack Ukrainian positions in the Donbas, and it was evidently seen as a simple matter. Abundant resources to attack human wave patterns.
“You were given a job yesterday. But you refused,” said an unnamed Defense Department representative as he scolded them. “I haven’t scared you yet. Why should I scare you? I want to ask you why you don’t go on this quest.”
“People before you went through the same thing, 75 of them–” said the officer. before the inmates cut him off and shouted, “Who are the 11 left? I’m with them at the hospital!”
Inmates can be heard protesting that the contract they initially displayed when recruiting did not contain the same conditions they were being told.
At that time, military officials referred to the founder of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and tried to lure the inmates into obedience.
“What is Yevgeny Vikorovich always saying everywhere? The only thing you need to do is once you reach the location. You must kill them. everything the enemy has We will let you take it,” he said. “You can only take it from those you kill.”
He told them that the only way they could get out of the war before the six-month term was over was if they died or were seriously injured.
Commanders “have the right to use weapons to create discipline” in their positions. or to inmates if they abandon their position, he warned, prompting one inmate to laugh out loud.
“No need to smile!” The officer immediately retorted.
When inmate volunteers from the “special groups” were called in, the staff could be heard saying that they could not carry “Even one document” can be taken with you.
“Like you I didn’t have a single document from the start. ‘Special Military Operations’ does not have a single document. If anything happens to me They will identify me by DNA,” he said.
“The situation here is: an assignment. You have to get it done, believe me,” he said, informing them after they refused to join the raid. Now they will serve in the police force of the Representative Republic of Russia in the city of Donetsk. “By order of the President”
The prisoner, who seemed unfazed Ask what happened to their commander. One of them noticed that “Take away somewhere”
“What happened?” asked the prisoner.
after others Arguing that proper documentation is not available They had no guarantees that the soldiers had not fooled them. Another prisoner pleads “At least give our family some security. Even if we were killed.”
The officers looked unfazed. but told them that he would be gone in five minutes, and said, “After I leave here, that’s all I will later regard this as an outright refusal and I will report it as an outright refusal. (to follow orders)”
One of the inmates from the group who referred to his military service as “A big mistake,” Novosti told Ostorozhno. The army tried to throw prisoners into battle with almost no training.
After they protested, he said a military officer had told them frankly: “You have been deceived.”
