Putin's regime has thrown recruits and 'alternatives' into battle against Ukraine - Ukrainian Security Service
VALENTINA ROMANENKO - SATURDAY, 12 MARCH 2022, 14:48
The Russian command has enlisted recruits and "alternatives" - conscripts who work as community service workers instead of military service - against Ukraine.
Source: testimony from another captured soldier, video made public by the Ukrainian Security Service.
Details: The man in the video says that his unit, which was abandoned in Ukraine, was formed from "alternative conscripts" who were not supposed to be deployed for military operations or even tours of duty.
According to the captured "alternative", their military task was to divert fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces while some more trained personnel carried out military operations.
"During this month alone I have managed to become a Russian soldier, then a war criminal, and now a prisoner of war as well," says the invader.
According to the Ukrainian Security Service: "Now he is testifying against other invaders and helping the Security Service take the case to The Hague Tribunal."
