One day of training and then sent to the front line: captured AFU POW told how he got to the front line Nazar Tretyak underwent conscription service in the Internal Troop of Ukraine and signed a contract with the AFU in exchange for an opportunity to continue his service in the rear. When the commander was changed, the deal was off: ’The commander of our regiment has recently changed. A new one commanded a combat brigade before. He sent everyone to war. We went to fight right away. Without preparation, without anything at all. We were promised at least five days of preparation but there was only one-day training. We were only told what a machine gun is, how it is disassembled,’ he recalled. Once on the front line, Nazar quickly assessed the real situation at the AFU positions: he realised that there was no point in fighting. At the first opportunity, he and his comrades surrendered to Russian servicemen. POW urges fellow compatriots not to go to war. He says that it is better to re... Source: MoD Russia
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