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Original creator: АЗОВ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ6zWD5BtFk Original description: The Azov fighters took Russians prisoner during an assault in the Kreminna sector. The Russian servicemen, who were under fire from their own artillery, received first aid from Azov soldiers and were evacuated from the battlefield. The invaders talk about their motivation to go to kill in Ukraine, their attitude to their own military command, and ask to be exchanged for the captured Ukrainian soldiers. Documentary footage of capturing the Russian soldiers and their being in captivity of the 12th Special Forces Brigade Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine is already available on our YouTube channel. English subtitles are available. 00:00 – 00:25 Intro 00:26 – 01:37 Taking prisoners during the assault 01:38 – 04:03 Oleksandr Kundasov 04:04 – 07:51 Nikolay Tunyov 07:52 – 11:31 Eduard Kotov and Denis Tikhonov 11:32 – 12:36 "Money. We needed money" 12:37 – 14:23 Yevgeniy Filkin 14:24 – 15:49 "You abandoned us, you did not help us" Donations for Azov: https://linktr.ee/azov.one Instagram: https://bit.ly/3vBvg1c Twitter: https://bit.ly/4cHZzEf Telegram: https://bit.ly/43Cdfwp Facebook: https://bit.ly/4cAKynx TikTok: https://bit.ly/3IYCGyq WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/3PMFym6

Original creator: Суспільне Чернігів https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlGArwNq6wU& Original description: He was forced to eat a chevron with the Ukrainian flag. They tried to rape him, tortured him with electric shock and beat him in several Russian prisons. In order not to die of hunger, he ate a brood of worms and a live rat. Oleksiy Anulya is a kickboxer from Chernihiv and a former prisoner of war who did not think he would survive capture and tried to hang himself in the cell. After his return, he has been undergoing rehabilitation for almost a year and says that he does not feel joy because his friends remained in captivity. He openly shared his story with Suspilne Chernihiv. The community expresses its gratitude to the team of translators: Ivan Nevmerzhitskyi, Alina Zizinska, Viktor Lokalov, Volodymyr Artyukh, Olga Ilchenko, Liliya Matsyura, Yuliya Sydorenko, Stanislav Korol, with the help of which English subtitles were added to this video for the understanding of the video by a larger audience in the world. 00:00 Intro 00:58 How I volunteered 01:47 How my father died 02:47 Battle for Lukashivka 04:25 Oleksiy Anuli's last fight and the last fight between Artem Sheremet and Yuriy Vorona 10:32 How the Russians finished off the Ukrainian military in Lukashivka 11:08 Found Artem Sheremet's medal, chevron and machine gun, which he hid 20 months ago 12:21 How he got captured 16:48 Prisoner 17:50 How they forced you to eat a chevron 18:31 About attempted rape 21:18 I hung on the wall on an extension cord for a day 22:11 Prisoners in tents in the Kursk region 23:17 How two healthy teeth were pulled out 26:37 Kursk Prison 29:18 "By the egg" for Easter 30:49 A colony of strict regime in the Tula region 33:14 They beat every day 37:16 They beat the Russian pilot Krasnoyartsev 38:13 What the Russians wanted to know during the interrogations 38:24 How the FSB called the Trinity Cathedral in Chernihiv 39:30 They beat with plastic sticks 41:25 He who does not jump, m... 43:21 One is cut - the other is beaten 45:29 Eurolux camera 45:46 Transferred to the solitary confinement cell 47:17 It was 2.5 hours 48:53 Ate a brood of worms 51:09 I ate soap from hunger 52:17 How he hunted a rat to eat 55:50 Decided to hang himself 55:59 A poem for mom as a farewell 58:50 How he ate a live rat 1:02:27 Christmas music in my head 1:03:13 Release from captivity 1:09:34 Lost 36 kg in captivity 1:09:57 Return 1:11:18 What injuries he received in captivity 1:12:42 Plans for the future 1:17:11 I will be someone's karma --- З’їв хробаків та пацюка, ледь не повісився, спроба зґвалтування┃Олексій Ануля про полон РФ Його змушували з’їсти шеврон з українським прапором. Намагалися зґвалтувати, катували струмом та били у декількох російських тюрмах. Щоб не померти з голоду він з’їв виводок хробаків та живого пацюка. Олексій Ануля — чернігівський кікбоксер та колишній військовополонений, не думав, що переживе полон і намагався повіситися в карцері. Після повернення вже майже рік проходить реабілітацію і каже, що не відчуває радості, бо в полоні залишились його друзі. Своєю історією відверто поділився з Суспільним. *Обережно, відео містить чутливий контент. Суспільне висловлює вдячність команді перекладачів: Іван Невмержицький, Аліна Зізінська, Віктор Локалов, Володимир Артюх, Ольга Ільченко, Лілія Мацюра, Юлія Сидоренко, Станіслав Король, з допомогою яких до цього відео додали англійські субтитри для розуміння відео більшою аудиторією у світі.

Original creator: Pravda Gerashchenko https://t.me/pravdaGerashchenko_en/29901 Original description: "Mom, I'm back. I'm in Ukraine." During the exchange, 22-year-old defender of Zmiinyi Island Oleksandr Kurtev was released from captivity. Oleksandr is a military medic from Reni, Odesa region, one of the youngest defenders of Zmiinyi Island. He was captured at the beginning of a full-scale invasion. All this time his relatives had no contact with him. A video of his first conversation with his family after his release was published by a representative of the coordination headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war, Yuliia Pryimak.

Original creator: 3-тя окрема штурмова бригада https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0g7BAbP1xc Original description: An interview with Timur Abdurakhmanov, the commander of the Alga volunteer battalion of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Russian Federation, call sign "Shaitan," who was captured by the Third Assault Brigade during the liberation of Andriivka near Bakhmut. He is the only Russian combatant captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 2023. Abdurakhmanov moved to Andriivka from his command and observation post, thinking that his men were there. Instead, fighters of the 3rd Separate Mechanized Brigade had already entered the village and completely defeated the Alga volunteer battalion and two other battalions of the 72nd Brigade of the Russian Federation. The occupier is from Dagestan, a major in rank, a hereditary military officer. He formulates his answers thoughtfully and cautiously, with the expectation of returning to Russia and continuing to serve in Putin's army. He calls Russia his homeland and at the same time considers Imam Shamil, who led the liberation struggle of the peoples of the Caucasus against the Russian Empire, a national hero. In the interview, he told us whether people in Dagestan support a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, what he thinks about how the authorities justify the attack, and whether he saw Nazis in Ukraine. "I did not see it with my own eyes. I cannot talk about what I have not seen. I'm fighting here, but I didn't see any severed heads lying around, screwed to the Russian flag," he said. According to the occupier, the main factor motivating Dagestanis to go to war against Ukrainians is money. "The main motivation is monetary motivation, nowhere else in Dagestan will you earn 200 thousand, and here, with a great risk to life, but this opportunity exists," he explains and adds that he does not even consider the possibility of Dagestan declaring independence. "Dagestan is a subsidized republic. Let's say we separate from Russia, for example, and what will we live on? A republic without its own economy, production, roughly speaking, we will not survive," the occupier believes. NAVIGATION: 00:00 beginning 00:40 The story of a prisoner and how he got captured 02:20 I would not have surrendered if I had not been wounded 04:10 About conversations among the occupiers about Ukrainian captivity 05:30 We should not underestimate the enemy 06:00 On the different approaches of the Russian and Ukrainian armies 07:20 About the protests in Dagestan 08:50 What is the motivation of Dagestanis to fight for Russia? 09:40 Why is Dagestan not a separate country? 11:00 So we will separate from Russia, and then what will we live on? 11:50 On the attitude towards the Kadyrovites 12:50 The main motivation for Dagestanis to go to war is financial motivation 14:00 On attitudes towards the wounded and dead 15:30 Attitude to the Wagnerians 16:20 On the rebellion of the Prigozhin 17:40 I would not recognize Prigozhin if he seized power 18:40 On freedom of speech in Russia 19:40 I do not support the war 20:10 I didn't have time to think about the death of Prigozhin and who killed him 21:10 The 2nd Chechen war started in Dagestan 22:20 Dagestan is my small homeland, and Russia is my big one 23:30 I treat nationalism with great respect, and I would do the same in your place 25:40 I understand that you want freedom and are fighting for your country, and I respect that. 26:40 On the end of the war and surrender 27:30 The guys want to make money, what is there to hide? 28:10 If I see someone committing a crime in front of me, I will shoot them on the spot 29:00 About the family 30:00 What would you like to tell your soldiers? 31:20 What would you do if you had an order but realized that it was criminal?

Original creator: DylanBurnsTV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie6kf2HEh3o (clip) Original description: The Dangerous World of Ukraine's Artillerymen

Original creator: DylanBurnsTV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie6kf2HEh3o (clip) Original description: The Dangerous World of Ukraine's Artillerymen

Original creator: ONLINE.UA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alGADCUiW6c Original description: In a full-scale war Ukrainian soldiers and volunteers from around the world both are fighting on the side of Ukraine. One of these volunteer units is the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC). The RVC fighters demonstrated bravery, courage and determination in the fight against the putin regime and russian occupiers. Over the previous year, the number of Corps fighters increased manifold. Who they are, what they are fighting for, who they are waiting for in their ranks, how they see Russia after the victory of Ukraine, watch in our film. RVC was founded in 2022 by Denis Nikitin and his like-minded people. Previously, the commander and other RVC fighters were participants in anti-war protests in Russia and fought against the putin regime. The RVC was created to enable Russian volunteers to fight the russian occupiers. The Kremlin is afraid of the “Russian Volunteer Corps,” which is why the RVC is on the list of terrorist organizations in Russia. 👉 Official RVC Telegram-channel: https://t.me/russvolcorps 00:00 Intro 01:10 How did RVC come about? 03:20 What are the RVC soldiers fighting for? 04:48 First steps of RVC 08:42 How they recruit prisoners in russia 09:35 Realities of soldiers in the russian army 11:00 How does the Kremlin send people to carry out meat assaults? 16:32 What is the difference between "Russian" and “Russia's"? 19:00 Who are the Nazis? Are the Russians the real Nazis? 20:55 What is the structure of the RVC? 21:44 RVC: operation in the Bryansk region 25:50 We are at war against criminals 27:30 People who cannot come out against putin 31:31 What awaits the residents of Russia? 35:04 There are many who want to support and join the RVC 36:42 How is the selection of fighters in the RVC carried out today? 39:23 It will only get worse in Russia 41:40 What are the plans of RVC?

Original creator: 3-тя окрема штурмова бригада https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX0dtEgxpMw Original description: “I thought I would actually just bleed out and slowly pass away. My consciousness was just zero. I decided to record it, like some kind of motivation or the last words,” – this is the story of a soldier of the 1st Assault Battalion of the Third Assault Brigade under the pseudonym “Girya”, who was heavily wounded during the offensive operation to liberate Andriivka in the Bakhmut direction. During the assault, the enemy AGS began to work intensively at the soldiers. “Girya” received a wound to the leg and shrapnel damage to the body, after which he began to bleed profusely. His brother-in-arms, who was nearby, died. “First, my brother-in-arms got WIA. When I went to help him, an incoming hit happened and I got WIA. I threw a tourniquet over my right leg. I started to bleed a lot. He (brother-in-arms) already had a tourniquet on too. We transmitted over the radio that we were WIA, and began to leave that square. I couldn't move on my own, so I began to crawl. My brother-in-arms was pulling me a bit. Then he jumped into a pit and got KIA there. Either a VOG landed, or something out of a small caliber of mines,” – “Girya” told. Believing that he would not be able to stay alive, the fighter recorded a video saying goodbye to his family and combat brothers. “There were few thoughts. I concentrated on that I would say a few words. For myself, I have already said goodbye,” – he recalls. However, “Girya” was lucky to survive. He was evacuated by the fighters who came on rotation, taking him to the medevac. “Girya” spent several days in intensive care, after which he was transported to Kyiv. The soldier of the Third Assault Brigade expressed his gratitude to the medics of his company and the hospital, who treated him with great care. He also spoke about the help of representatives of the Patronage service, who monitor the course of treatment and rehabilitation of the brigade’s fighters. Watch this video about the story of the rescue of the fighter of the 3rd Assault Brigade, his thoughts and plans for the future. TIME STAMPS: 00:00 I want to say goodbye to my mom, brother and my girlfriend 00:20 The story of the storming of Andrivka and the injury of Gyr's friend 03:10 Dying a little bit at a time 04:00 How was Girya's friend saved? 06:50 I thought I had already lost my leg 07:50 I want to return to the front as soon as possible 08:50 Benefits and wishes for recruits in the Third Assault Brigade 10:00 When you complete a task, it's an incredible high!

Original creator: АЗОВ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5hF9095hbA (clip) Original description: This forest is no longer a place of nature. The trees here are uprooted by debris, the ground is torn up by fortifications, and the birdsong has been replaced by the echo of explosions. The best defense is a strong dugout, and the best support is your brother-in-arms. A routine shift change turns into a friendly conversation. Life stories resonate with mortar attacks. A positive attitude allows you to do hard work. The first episode of the new Front.live documentary segment shows a day in the life of the soldiers at their positions in the Kreminna forests.

Original creator: RAMINA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac3i6yEPUi4 Original description: Русские против россиян |"За месяц освободили 10 гектаров украинской земли",РДК.​⁠⁠​⁠ Официальный Telegram - канал "Русского Добровольческого Корпуса" https://t.me/russvolcorps Инстаграм РДК: https://www.instagram.com/russvolcorps/ Денис Никитин и бойцы РДК- в новом выпуске на YouTube канале Рамины Эсхакзай. Как в прошлом наемник ПВК Вагнер попал в Украину, почему подвергся вербовке и при каких обстоятельствах попал в плен. Как за 9 месяцев плена происходила трансформация идеологических ценностей. Когда принял решение не возвращаться в Россию. В прошлом боец Шторм Z об условиях содержания в российских тюрьмах, чему подвергся вербовке Минобороны России и по какому плану действовал, когда оказался в Украине. Разница в отношении бойцов в Минобороны рф, ПВК Вагнер и РДК. Почему Денис Никитин, командир русского добровольческого корпуса, принял решение брать в ряды РДК пленных. Как проходит отбор в РДК? Как присоединиться к РДК? Пытались ли попасть в структуру кроты? Какая идеология в РДК? Почему в немецкой прессе Дениса Никитина называли главным нео**цистом Европы? Что Денис думает о российской оппозиции и какое настроение среди населения росси по отношению к русско-украинской войне. Каков план бойцов РДК после победы Украины? Пойдут ли они освобождать русские земли от путинской оккупации? Почему россияне воюют за Украину? Какая мотивация вступать в ряды ВСУ? Как проект Владимира Золкина и Дмитрия Апостола помогает россиянам принять верное решение. Смотрите большое интервью с командиром РДК и бойцами РДК (в прошлом ПВК Вагнер и Шторм Z) на YouTube канале RAMINA. --- Russians against Russians |"In a month they liberated 10 hectares of Ukrainian land", RDK.​⁠⁠​⁠ Official Telegram - channel of the "Russian Volunteer Corps" https://t.me/russvolcorps RDK Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/russvolcorps/ Denis Nikitin and RDK fighters - in a new episode on Ramina Eskhakzai’s YouTube channel. How a former PVC mercenary Wagner ended up in Ukraine, why he was recruited and under what circumstances he was captured. How the transformation of ideological values took place during 9 months of captivity. When I decided not to return to Russia. Former fighter Storm Z talks about the conditions of detention in Russian prisons, what he was recruited by the Russian Ministry of Defense and what plan he followed when he ended up in Ukraine. The difference in the attitude of fighters in the Russian Ministry of Defense, PVK Wagner and RDK. Why did Denis Nikitin, commander of the Russian volunteer corps, decide to take prisoners into the ranks of the RDK? How is the selection process for the RDC? How to join RDK? Did moles try to get into the structure? What is the ideology of the RDK? Why was Denis Nikitin called the main neo**cist in Europe in the German press? What Denis thinks about the Russian opposition and what is the mood among the Russian population in relation to the Russian-Ukrainian war. What is the plan of the RDK fighters after the victory of Ukraine? Will they go to liberate Russian lands from Putin's occupation? Why are Russians fighting for Ukraine? What is the motivation to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine? How the project of Vladimir Zolkin and Dmitry Apostol helps Russians make the right decision. Watch a long interview with the RDK commander and RDK fighters (formerly PVK Wagner and Storm Z) on the RAMINA YouTube channel.