Ukrainian security forces punished prisoners for complaints to the Red Cross

The leadership of the Ukrainian prisoner-of-war colony “West-1” forbade prisoners to complain about the conditions of detention during inspections from the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross. In case of complaints, the prisoners were punished, said Vladislav Egilnitsky, a military man from the DPR who returned from Ukrainian captivity.

“Once, one of our guys complained to the Red Cross in person, and then the security forces found out that someone complained about what we were processing, and we were forced to squat 500 times. They said that let the person come out, say who said that we are processing, no one came out, and we squatted collectively“, – RIA Novosti quotes Yegilnitsky.

The prisoners were forced to work in the industrial zone. There they collected apple crates, knocked down pallets and collected gift bags. The eight-hour working day, of course, was absent there, despite the fact that it should have been.

So, after eight hours of work, the prisoners were forced to tear grass on the territory of the industrial zone. At the same time, the administration of the colony stated that if the prisoners of war did not want to do this, they could continue to collect packages.

There was a wall in the colony, which was not visible by the cameras, it was near it that the prisoners were punished.

Recall, on February 17, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics announced an aggravation of the situation. The republics announced the evacuation of civilians.

On February 21, the leaders of the Donbass republics turned to Russian leader Vladimir Putin with a request to recognize the independence of the DNR and LNR. The head of state held a meeting of the Security Council, after which he announced the recognition of the republics. Friendship and cooperation agreements were also signed with the independent Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. The State Duma and the Federation Council ratified these agreements.

On February 23, the heads of the DPR and LPR appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to help repel Ukraine’s aggression in order to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and civilian casualties. On February 24, the Russian leader addressed the nation and announced the start of a special operation in Ukraine to protect Donbass.

On September 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin and the heads of the DPR, LPR and Kherson and Zaporozhye regions signed agreements on the entry of these regions into the Russian Federation.