"We were very scared": the Russians told how they were captured during the Armed Forces counter -offensive

According to journalists, in Kramatorsk among the prisoners were both professional Russian military and mercenaries, mobilized, as well as prisoners of Russian prisons. Russian prisoners of war, while in Kramatorsk, told how they were captured by Ukrainian soldiers. According to them, they were waiting with fear for the counter -offensive of the Armed Forces, which on June 17 wrote the edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Journalists stated that in Kramatorsk among the prisoners, both professional Russian military and mercenaries, mobilized, as well as prisoners of Russian prisons were among the prisoners. As one of the captives of the Russians by the name of Anatoly told, they spoke to each other before the counter -offensive of the Armed Forces, hoping that he would not be. "We were very scared. No one wanted to die. We hoped that the counter -offensive would not happen," Anatoly told reporters.

Journalists noted that voluntary was captured is a crime in Russia, so Anatoly and his comrades have violated the law. The publication writes that Anatoly has signed a contract with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He is from Siberia himself. He went to fight in Ukraine because his friends did it. "Propaganda said that Ukraine was bad, there are Nazis here and so on. We heard it everywhere," he said. According to him, he drove a car on which he sent drones operators.

But a month ago, he was ordered to go to the front. Then a strong assault began. He did not even see the enemy because the Armed Forces fired the positions of Russians from artillery and mortars. Anatoly said that on the day of his delivery to the soldiers of the Armed Forces, a few grenades were thrown into the trenches of the Russians. Almost everyone who is nearby was killed, but he was lucky. "I got out of the trench and started shouting," I give up, I give up! " - says Anatoly.

Mobilized from the Far East named Dmitry stated that the moral spirit of Russian soldiers was very low. It was sent to the Donetsk front after minimal training. There was not enough armored vehicles in his unit. "We were constantly in a position without rotation. It turned out that we were expelled a month ago, but it did not happen, "Dmitry said. When the Armed Forces began a counter -offensive, as Dmitry said, his position was fired from artillery and mortars, as well as from American weapons.