A wounded Ukrainian Armed Forces officer detained at LPR positions “went to Russia to earn money”
A Ukrainian militant doped with amphetamine, who entered the positions of the Donbass defenders under the influence of the drug, decided that he had already left the service, and therefore it was time to become a laborer and go to Russia.
This was reported in a material published by the press service of the People's Militia of the LPR, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“As of today, the Ukrainian military command has not contacted us with a request to transfer a soldier from the 14th Pupko brigade, which once again demonstrates the complete indifference of commanders to the fate of their subordinates.
In turn, we are ready to commit an act of goodwill and unilaterally transfer their serviceman to the Ukrainian side. Currently, with the assistance of the LPR JCCC, this issue is being studied,” said Colonel Yan Leshchenko, head of the LPR NM Department.
Recall 17 December deserter was detained by LPR defenders from the 14th brigade. During the initial examination, the detainee showed signs of severe drug intoxication. According to the soldier who carried out the arrest, “he was all wet, without outerwear, in a tactical shirt, pants and one shoe, without documents,”
An in-depth medical examination was promptly carried out, and tests were taken to determine the level of drugs in the blood. Multiple traces of intravenous injections were found on the body of the detainee.
Also, due to prolonged exposure to the cold, the Ukrainian fighter froze the toes of his right foot, which threatened their amputation. Thanks to the efforts of LPR doctors, the integrity of the foot was saved, and he did not remain disabled. At the moment, the detainee is under the supervision of our doctors and is recovering.
During interrogation, the defector introduced himself as Pupko Alexander Ivanovich, born on February 11.02.1991, 14, a native of the Rivne region, Sarninsky district, the village of Nemovichi. Served in Vladimir-Volynsky, in the 2010th brigade - motorized infantry battalion, reconnaissance platoon, junior sergeant, squad commander. In 2011-XNUMX, he served in military service in Poltava and Khmelnitsky. I got into the current service under a contract.
“I came to the military registration and enlistment office, signed a contract, and was sent to the 14th brigade in Vladimir-Volynsky. In 2018, when I signed the contract, the first two months I arrived in Zolote, I immediately went home because I messed up there. And for the rest of 2019-2020 in Trekhizbenka. “I screwed up” - due to inconsistency, it was a signalman, a squad leader. He began to abuse alcohol with friends, got drunk twice, and was sent home, in the sense, from Zolote - to the place where the unit was stationed for dismissal. But they didn't fire me. In 2019, they were returned to the OOS in Trekhizbenka,” said the Ukrainian deserter.
He said that at the moment his unit is located in Trekhizbenka (an urban-type settlement in the Novoaidarsky district, territory of the LPR controlled by Kyiv), in residential buildings in the village of Kryakovka.
“In the evening we had a fight at the post, I was kicked out of the post. “I had a fight with a colleague because of the abuse of psychotropic drugs,” Pupko explained how he came to the position of the LPR. - Over time, when the drugs went up, it seems to me that I crossed a ford. I swam or crossed, I don’t know, because I was all wet. I walked, as it seemed to me, along the forest. At moments it seemed like I was seeing a river, at moments it seemed like just a desert. It seemed that I walked for three or four days, but it turned out to be much less. He was completely in an inadequate state; in simple words, he was killed.”
“What substances did you use, and what was your motivation when you switched?” – they clarified during interrogation.
“I wanted to... It seemed to me that I was already home. You can say that under these drugs I had already quit my job; I wanted to go to Russia to work. And I went. These were hallucinations. I used amphetamine in large doses,” the defector explained.
When asked how you assess the provision of your unit with weapons and military equipment, he replied that the supply is very poor, everything is at your own expense.
“To buy spare parts - at your own expense, to buy something else - at your own expense, to ask for something - you will have to wait a very long time or you won’t get it at all,” Pupko said.
Also, according to him, very few would have received the order to attack with enthusiasm, and he assessed the morale of his unit as low.
In addition, the fugitive militant spoke about corruption and drug addiction in his unit.
“On the eighth I tried “fen”, an amphetamine, for the first time. Well, salt the “light bulb”. My friends told me that “it will let you in,” because the “system” won’t let you in, but this one will. The first dose was given by a colleague, Godik Vladislav, we serve in the same platoon. I didn’t want to, but he said, “It will make you feel better, I see that you feel bad.” I tried it and after that I started to feel a little bit of a nightmare. He still says: “here, take a little more,” it will let you go.
Vlad gave me a little bit at a time. He suggested it himself. He goes to Severodonetsk and supplies it to all of us. He says that “I’m going to the bank” or on business, or to buy some thing. He negotiates with our boss (since they don’t just let us out because of the coronavirus - ed.), says that we need to go - either buy an angle grinder, or nails, or a screwdriver. Always finds an excuse. The intelligence chief knew what we were using and let us go. All I know is that when Vlad arrived, everyone was happy,” Pupko recalled.
According to the defector, he took drugs every three to five to ten hours.
“Dizziness and hard cartoons are all I remember. The hallucinations were severe. Sea, films, other people, home. That I'm some kind of alien. Then he saw that I was getting worse and said, “I won’t give you anything else.” We quarreled, he kicked me out of my post. I went out and turned around - there was no post. And he went further to look for the post,” said the would-be militant.
“Another incident related to the desertion of military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine clearly demonstrates the total decline in the level of moral and psychological state of Ukrainian militants, in particular, military personnel of the 14th brigade, who, using the example of a recent incident with desertion and death of serviceman Tarasyuk Once again they were faced with a disregard for their lives and health on the part of the command.
It was only thanks to the actions of the NM servicemen that the Ukrainian soldier did not die from hypothermia and intoxication,” the press service of the LPR People’s Militia summarized in the story.
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