Testimony on Military Draft Abuses

What can I say about myself? Two run-ins in a year is a lot,

it's a whole lot. First, I'm picked up by the SBU's Alpha unit,

with all the consequences that entails,

and yesterday morning, I got swept up by the TCC in

Vinnytsia.

So, a guy's walking down the street, minding his own business, when six

guys

come charging out, real two-meter bruisers.

They knock you down, gas you, then carry you by your arms and legs onto a bus.

That's it. You've ended up at the TCC.

On the bus, they start psychologically pressuring you, saying they're about to

fucking rape you. Those fuckers got a fitting response.

трахальщики.

Yeah. They got a fitting response. I think they had no questions left for

me about that. Yeah. And after that, I happily spent 13 hours

at the TCC. Yeah, I'd like to address

Dmytro Valeriyovych Lubinets,

this Human Rights Commissioner from the Verkhovna Rada.

Fucking luminary, fuck, you know? A deputy for two terms, at that.

Where the hell are you, dude?

Where are you? Come to Vinnytsia, go

to— to Dovzhenko Street, we have this unified TCC there.

Go in there and see what’s going on, what conditions they have.

I was held in an SBU special block, I tell you with full responsibility, with

full responsib— the conditions are much better.

Can you imagine the kinds of, the kinds of, well, situations a person walking down the street gets into,

unprepared for anything, just an ordinary worker, they grab him,

beat him up,

take him there, bring him in,

and that's it. And he ends up in that atmosphere, he's terrified, you understand?

There's such psychological pressure there. These representatives of our, of our Armed Forces

are all walking around. And it's "faggot," "Sidor," there,

Back and forth. Not everyone has the chance to respond

to those words with dignity,

you understand? It’s horrific. Come to Lubenets,

come to Vinnytsia and see. You can take me with you and come,

see what’s going on there—everyone’s beaten up, ribs and arms broken,

and fingers broken, scraped up, everyone pepper-sprayed,

basically. They hold people there for weeks, you understand?

It’s just horrific. It’s fucked up. Me, for instance,

really—no document check, nothing.

Basically, during the time I was there, they brought in an SBU colonel.

A guy was walking to work, they knocked him down, pepper-sprayed him,

brought him to the

building. While I was going through the military medical board, he

was released, unfortunately. I’d have liked to talk to him more closely.

Can you imagine the lawlessness going on in our country?

People are better off in prison than in this stinking thing of yours

TCC. What have you done to the country, guys?

This is just horrifying, horrifying! I don't know who will protect you

and how, given these circumstances and this

attitude toward

people. You're scum. I'm telling you specifically, specifically.

What's that asshole's last name?

Benedichuk.

Benedichuk, you're scum, you fucking animal!

You'll be cursed, you, and your children for seven generations

along

with everyone doing this. Scum, absolute scum,

fucking scum.

I fought against this, and look what I got for it.

People, understand me correctly, you can't just

swallow all this. You can't. There was a buddy with me, basically,

standing nearby, he didn't say a word at all.

That's how the whole country stands here and doesn't say a word.

They do whatever they want. Fucking hell!

There was one guy having these fits, like epilepsy.

Can you imagine, a man, an epileptic, is sitting there, and at any moment

something could happen to him. An ambulance won't go there.

There are no doctors of their own there.

Another just got released from the psych ward, a third had just returned from the army

to Vinnytsia from near Kramatorsk, fuck, and was walking down the road to the

TCC, basically, he needed to get some paperwork done there.

Those bastards are dressed in civilian clothes, with no documents at all.

They ask you if you're one of them or not— then they jump out, knock you down, spray you with

gas, drag you by the arms, by the legs into a bus, and off you go.

That's it, you understand? I'm just, you know, well, hurt for

myself,

and for the country, and for the people who live in it.

They don't consider people human, you understand?

I'm not—I'm not the state authorities,

and I never was and never will be, you understand?

I'm a free person. I want to live freely.

So I have a huge request for all of you

You scum, sooner or later, you will

answer for all this, before God

or in court, but you will answer.