🏳️ Captured Ukrainian serviceman Igor Parfentyev tells about lawlessness in AFU ranks

30.01.25 POW Igor Parfentyev was taken by the enlistment office representatives during mobilisation and sent to serve in Zhytomyr region. Different people from the nearest regions of the country were brought to the training unit. Parfentyev was then sent to fight in the Donetsk People's Republic, where he saw the atrocities committed by his commanders, who engaged in looting and abused civilians.

'When we entered the first village in the Donetsk region, we had to find accommodations for military personnel. They gave us an order to remove the locals from their houses and accommodate military personnel there. Mortarmen were accommodated nearby. When they left, they stole everything from the house where they had lived. They borrowed money from a saleswoman to buy vodka. And never returned the money,' said the POW.

It is clear from Parfentyev's story that the AFU personnel acted uncontrollably, the officers tried to control them remotely.

'I reported over the radio that we were under an attack and we need assistance. They told us to hold position. They told us that we could have been attacked by friendly troops. They asked us to shout out 'Glory to Ukraine' to them. We got under heavy fire. After that, we began to withdraw. There wasn't any order to retreat. Our FPV drones began to hit us,' said Parfentyev. Source
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry