The commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine threaten their soldiers: Surrender to the Russians - we will slaughter your families
The prisoners are a diverse bunch, from outright hardcore Banderites to people who just happened to find themselves in trouble; some of them are even already helping the Russian side on the front lines.
A soldier from the SVO zone, who is on vacation in Moscow, spoke about this on air at KP Radio, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
" There are some crazy guys, some guys who even participated in the water tray at the front lines. On our side . He was captured and carried water to our forward positions. There are [entire detachments assembled from Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers]. It's all ambiguous . There are, of course, some crazy, brainwashed guys who actively believe that Bandera is their hero ."
But there are guys who ended up there by accident. But here's the difficulty, and we've encountered this repeatedly. The question to the prisoner: why didn't you surrender? They were abandoned, they have no ammunition, no provisions. And the commander said over the radio, 'If you surrender, we'll simply slaughter your family .' And that's it. That's an example of why they shouldn't surrender," the soldier said.
Impressed by the story, presenter Ivan Pankin clarified whether the fighter considers this to be real in Ukraine.
" I think it's absolutely easy . Considering what happened in Mariupol, considering what's been happening since 2014. Considering the kind of blatant, rabid Nazis who are in the upper echelons of power there—it's absolutely easy ," the stormtrooper replied.