Ukrainian militants capture Uzbek man recruited by Russia with promise of passport and rubles
The Armed Forces of Ukraine captured an Uzbek who went to war with a Russian passport
In the Lyman direction, a citizen of Uzbekistan was captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He came to the war to obtain Russian citizenship and promised payments, according to the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Steel Lions.
The man was wounded during an assault and got lost. He ended up at the positions of Ukrainian soldiers, where he was detained.
In his video statement, he said that he came to Russia to work as a construction worker, hoping to obtain Russian citizenship. He was promised a Russian passport after a year of service in the army, as well as significant financial payments.
"Two million rubles were paid. I used 100 thousand myself, sent 800 thousand home, and 1,100,000 remained on the card," the prisoner confessed.
He also admitted that he had never served in the army before, and this was his first time at the front.
According to him, after a few days on the front line, he realized that he "does not want war" and "regrets" taking this path.
"I thought I would serve in the army and return home. It turns out this is not an army, here you have to kill a person," the prisoner of war noted.
Russian recruitment
We remind you that we wrote that Russia is recruiting Africans and Asians in an attempt to impose and cement the "Russian world" in foreign countries. More details about how this happens, what Africans do on the front, how they end up in captivity, and what they think about Russians afterward – find in the material by RBC-Ukraine.
