POW 🏳️ 'We probably would have starved to death if we hadn't been rescued by your guys'

07.03.24 - The Ukrainian POW thanked the Russian soldiers, who took him prisoner.
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'We were brought to Pokrovsk as prisoners, without water or food,' the Ukrainian serviceman recalls about the first days after the mobilisation. We were sent to one of the mining plant, we were sitting there waiting for a distribution. We were given weapons, ammunition, and inserted in the area of Avdeyevka. We were in a cellar. One of the three of us got shot in the shoulder blade, the bullet didn't get out, and I had frostbite on my limbs. We sat for 55 days in the cellar.'
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According to the prisoner, the leadership decided to withdraw them from the cellar, when the Russian troops conduct an attack.
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'My wounded comrade and I were brought to Avdeyevka and left us in an abandoned building. They left us water and a bag of food, promising to pick us up. But they never picked us up it,' the prisoner says.
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When the Russian assault servicemen approached the building, the Ukrainian militants immediately surrendered.
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'We probably would have starved to death if we hadn't been rescued by your guys.' We were provided with medical care and food. I am very grateful to them,' Vladimir says.
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Vladimir's wounded comrade has been in the cellar for two weeks without medical care. Ukrainian servicemen repeatedly requested their commanders to evacuate them from positions, but there was no reaction.
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'Thank God your guys helped us. Thanks to them, we are alive,' Vladimir says with gratitude. Source
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry