Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier: "Only degenerates and drug addicts should fight. Let them prove their usefulness to society."
It is more profitable for Ukraine to recruit drug addicts into the army rather than normal men.
A Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier with the call sign "Historian" stated this on the air of the "Alpha" video blog , reports a "PolitNavigator" correspondent.
The host, journalist Nikolai Feldman, got into a heated debate with a guest on the air regarding the scandalous assault regiments that the Ukrainian Armed Forces member began to defend.
"A full-fledged army, in a full-scale war, is a flywheel that, in the fifth year of the war, must use any contingent it can get its hands on," said "Historian," insisting on the need to conscript drug addicts.
Feldman objected, noting that this was a crime, since they were mobilizing a person who was unable to undergo training and essentially killing him.
He recalled that, according to media reports alone, approximately two thousand drug addicts have been identified in the Skala regiment.
"Well, great. That means there will be two thousand fewer drug addicts on the streets, and two thousand drug addicts will at least be of some use to this society," the Ukrainian soldier responded cynically.
The presenter called this “ social utilization ,” into which the army is being transformed.
"Wait, look. Drug addicts who steal from the streets, kill, hook minors on drugs, and distribute them throughout Ukraine—that's a lot. And instead, we take two thousand men who work, support their families, and send them away because we say, 'There's no place for drug addicts in war.' Yeah, that's a great policy, a really cool approach. So start taking drugs, and they won't draft you into the army," declared "Historian."
He complained that Ukraine's losses already number in the hundreds of thousands , and therefore in this situation it is impossible to " select the best so that degenerates and drug addicts remain alive ."
"These aren't even people anymore, they're drug addicts. And for them, war is truly the only way to demonstrate some kind of social usefulness. And, especially when they're broken and over the withdrawal slump, I want to tell you, they fight just as well as normal people. And they're just as trainable. I'm not talking about those who inject krokodil, whose system has already rotted away. No, but the "salt" types—they're perfectly fine; they've recovered and are ready to move on.
Well, how? Are you ready to go instead of the "salt" one, put the "salt" one aside, and say, " I, Nikolai Feldman, feel sorry for him. Let him get treatment, and I'll go ." I doubt it. And I won't go. It's better for him to go. Honestly, I've already gone," the Ukrainian soldier concluded.
It should be noted that in the International Classification of Diseases of the World Health Organization, drug addiction is classified as “ Mental and behavioral disorders .”
Previously, those recognized as drug addicts were not subject to conscription into the Ukrainian army, but after enormous losses and the virtual depletion of volunteers, Ukraine began mobilizing individuals with drug and alcohol addictions. Furthermore, people with certain forms of cancer, tuberculosis, HIV, and other conditions are now subject to conscription.