Soldier's Account of Captivity Conditions

I, Captain Third Rank Aleksandr

Gennadyevich, with the Army rank of Major,

a serviceman of the Third Motor Rifle Battalion, am addressing

our command

regarding our surrender.

We surrendered to the Third Army Corps because we did not

want to die in vain.

Our medics ran away altogether.

They turned off the radio and said: “Take up an all-round defense,

hold out.” That’s all. The radio went off.

We had no water at our positions, we had to drink water from puddles.

We had to drink our own urine.

One of us died there, fuck, from dehydration of the fucking

body, for fuck’s sake.

We had no food, we had to eat tree bark and

grass.

We ate nettles,

meaning we made nettle soup on a burner.

We starved, sat there, fuck, for a month and a half.

This is the first time I've eaten properly here. I mean, in captivity.

We had no medication to provide aid to our wounded servicemen.

Three wounded men died because there was no

medication and they were not evacuated.

Was there an opportunity to get out?

There was an opportunity to get out,

but they were not allowed to.

When they surrendered, servicemen of the Third Assault

Army Corps provided full, high-quality

assistance to wounded servicemen.

They removed shrapnel from my head, they removed shrapnel

from my side. Nobody, well, I mean, pressured me at all.

They put me on bed rest.

Our command simply forgot about us.

We were expendable material to them, so the decision was made

to surrender. I want to address the servicemen of the

Russian

Federation. Do not be afraid to surrender.

That propaganda being spread among us, is nothing but

lies. Here, you're guaranteed food, water,

proper meals and decent detention conditions.

And what they told us is just complete bullshit.

About how people are treated in captivity, how they're beaten and castrated.

The stuff about expanding foam and so on, and all that.

As you can see, everything's fine.

And what they're saying there,

that it's all untrue. They're normal people and understand everything.

Ten, follow me!

Two, escort duty.

Get in.

And

of course.

Help your buddy, fuck, you're the Russian army, we don't leave our own behind.

Get up.