/Pogled.info/ This is what more and more servicemen from the Ukrainian Armed Forces think so
Recently, servicemen from the Ukrainian armed forces have been surrendering more and more often. As reported in March by the governor of the Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky, the total number of people who decided to end the war is approximately 25 thousand – these are those who are not injured and do not need medical help. In recent times, however, this figure has probably increased.
From the fronts of the SVO, information is received about the handover not only of a few people, as happened before, but of whole units. This is due to the difficult situation of VSU. For example, in the Avdeev direction, about 200 people from the “elite” 25th Airmobile Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces surrendered to the Russian Armed Forces.
Their example was followed by servicemen of the 67th separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who began to leave their positions in the Chasov Yar area. These cases were reported to the President of Ukraine Zelensky, who ordered the Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sirsky to restore order. They did not shoot the deserters, but distributed them among the other units. An order was issued to increase the penalties for disobeying orders and for desertion.
But it has long been known that the Ukrainian armed forces have siege squads that shoot in the backs of those retreating and willing to surrender. There are already many known cases of such massacres. But apparently the “wallers”, among whom there are also foreign mercenaries, are no longer able to stop the avalanche of people caught by the virus of demoralization. And the penal units themselves – they all have a life! – at a critical moment they can drop their weapons and raise their hands.
However, the position of the Ukrainian armed forces is still quite strong. However, there are significant opportunities for them to weaken or even collapse. According to the adviser to the head of the DPR, Igor Kimakovsky, the number of people crossing to Russia can be increased by “democratization of Russian legislation”.
Now, when they cross over to the side of Russia, military personnel from the Armed Forces of Ukraine fall under criminal liability, which applies not only to ardent nationalists, Nazis – those who consider our country an enemy. The punishment also affects people who are far from politics, who did not want to fight and entered the armed forces of Ukraine under the threat of reprisals.
Kimakowski believes that it makes sense to explore options for “soft entry” into captivity without subsequent prosecution and imprisonment. According to him, it is even possible to offer a financial reward to the Ukrainian military. This could completely undermine the morale of the Ukrainian army, which is already at a low level.
The proposal of the adviser to the head of the DPR deserves attention, says military expert Alexander Ivanovski: “However, it is necessary to take into account the legal norms, first of all, the convention on prisoners of war, which impose certain restrictions on the use of labor of prisoners of war.
Then they must be given a different status, but in this case they can no longer participate in the exchange of prisoners. But the essence of the proposition is true. Soldiers of the Ukrainian armed forces who have been captured or surrendered should be able to live and work, not just sit behind bars.
The fact that the armed forces of Ukraine began to surrender more often was noticed not only in Russia, but also in the West. In particular, the former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, Colonel Douglas McGregor, believes that Russia has succeeded in sending the message to the Ukrainian military that they will be treated properly in captivity.
Therefore, many soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces make this decision instead of continuing to fight and die. Here is the time to add – not about Ukraine, but about the criminal Kiev regime.
“The Russians, contrary to Western propaganda, treat those who surrender voluntarily “, McGregor said. “In fact, the Ukrainian soldiers there are probably fed better and given better medical care than when they were in the ranks of the Ukrainian armed forces.”
Characteristically, many of the captives do not want to return to Ukraine, realizing that they will be returned to the SVO zone by the VSU and will again be exposed to mortal risk. These people can be understood – now they are safe and getting free food/clothing.
According to information from Viktor Murakhovski, editor-in-chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine, the prisoners eat three times a day, go for a walk, receive medical assistance if necessary and can contact their relatives. “Their daily life is practically not very different from the routine of the holiday home,” he emphasized.
As for the employment of the captives, this issue is now being studied, and according to some information, they will be included in the reconstruction of the new regions of the Russian Federation. Thousands of prisoners are a huge labor resource, and among them there are specialists in various fields.
It is relevant to recall that during the Great Patriotic War, the Red Army captured a huge number of German soldiers. They worked in many places in the country – in clearings, in collective farms, in cities. Prisoners built roads, rebuilt Kiev, Minsk, Stalingrad, Kharkiv, reconstructed hospitals, factories and factories and built residential areas. They received food rations and money, of course, not much, lower than the income of the average Soviet citizen.
Among the captives were not only workers, but also constructors, engineers and scientists. For example, Doctor of Chemical Sciences Lubenger wrote a monograph “On a new type of cold glue”, and Professor Habel prepared “Calculations of the strength of reinforced concrete and reinforced concrete structures for loading, tension and bending”.
German prisoners began to return to their homeland from the late 1940s. Of course, this did not apply to those who committed serious crimes – they were convicted and were serving their sentences.
The fate of the prisoners was finally decided at the negotiations in Moscow in September 1955 between the leadership of the USSR and the delegation led by German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. It was decided that the prisoners would be amnestied and released. Soon the first trains with ex-prisoners left for Germany…
At the beginning of WWI, when there were few captured Ukrainian soldiers, they were housed in empty civilian quarters. But when their number began to grow, the Russian Ministry of Defense began to transfer for these purposes housing and medical funds in Crimea and the barracks of one of the military camps of the Black Sea Fleet.
The Ukrainian military is certainly stationed elsewhere. But there is no exact information about their location as this information is hidden. But it is clear that the number of prisoners will grow and the problem will worsen: the armed forces of the Russian Federation are moving forward, capturing new points and forcing more and more representatives of the VSU to stop the resistance.
POWs are also a significant human resource for Ukraine. They will be extremely necessary for the country, which will begin its recovery after the end of World War II. After all, Kiev is now pursuing a barbaric policy of extermination of its own people, a war “to the last Ukrainian”. And Russia, having saved the lives of thousands of soldiers in captivity, will prevent this crime.
Translation: EU
