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UNIAN, screenshots Ukrainian soldiers captured an occupier who turned out to be from Zaporizhzhia. He admitted that he went to fight for the Russians for money, but now understands that it was a mistake.
A video with the traitor's confession was released by 19 Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The traitor said that almost immediately after signing a contract with the Russians, he ended up at war against Ukraine.
According to him, the main motivation for joining the Russian army was money. However, already after getting to the front, he realized how mistaken his decision was.
He urged those considering signing a contract with the Russian army not to repeat his mistake.
He noted that he was deceived, because at first they promised that he would be involved in building dugouts, but then they gave him a rifle and sent him to the front.
"How I was deceived, so they can deceive many others," said the traitor.
He added that he encountered on the positions a young occupier with the Russian tricolor, who was promised that after his installation in Kostyantynivka he would be awarded the title of Hero of Russia.
The traitor also said that the Russians hunt men aged 19 to 60 years, bringing even narcotics users and disabled people.
"Most likely they are short of people," the traitor suggested.
Capture of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: news
16 August, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that Russia recruited thousands of people from 37 African countries into its army. And in Ukrainian captivity there are 35 citizens from 17 African countries.
Earlier, the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, stated that there were citizens of 51 countries captured by Ukrainian forces, whom Russia recruited into its army. All of them participated in the war against Ukraine. In particular, among the captured there are also citizens of African countries.
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