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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Artemka
2022-06-24
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited

Commentary by Aleksandr Kharchecko

[ColonelCassad] In March, I was walking around a big city with some very dangerous guys. The guys worked in the gray zone and sometimes went into enemy territory. We drove into one nameless forest and posted observers. It had been snowing for several days, and our track was clearly visible in the clearing. Imagine our surprise when an hour later we saw the figure of a man moving in our direction. There were no other roads here, so there was no doubt that he was following in our footsteps.

The guys spread out, made weapons and waited. The silhouette was getting closer, and our nerves were straining more and more. The man walked another 50 meters and fell to his knees ( https://t.me/bayraktar1070/25). When you find yourself under the trunks of strong men, then it is better to follow orders. The soldiers pulled his jacket over his head and took him into the forest.

We expected to see a hardened saboteur, but before us appeared a village peasant with a screwdriver and keys in his pocket. There was nothing else with him. No papers, no telephone...these are usually called village fools. Plump with an appropriate facial expression. It turned out that the uninvited guest's name was Artyom, and out of curiosity he wanted to look at the "grads" that stand in the forest ...

The legend was completely unconvincing, the absence of a telephone was even more embarrassing. At least the old push-button necessarily lies in the pocket of the poorest villager. In such cases, there are only three options: the first is to shoot and bury (then try to find who did it), the second is to hand over to counterintelligence officers, but for this you need to send the car to the base and the third is to wait for the task to end and let the poor fellow go to all four sides. By the time he reaches the village, we will be deep in the rear, and he will not be able to harm us.

The commander decided not to touch the poor fellow, especially since he agreed to live with us for two days in the forest. All this time he sat blindfolded. I had a long talk with our guest and I felt sorry for this poor fellow. Artemka turned out to be the owner of eight geese that need to be taken care of. It was problematic to do this in March, because there had been no electricity in the village for twenty days. The prisoner did not work out with women, and therefore he has no children. There was only a mother who was very worried about him, but no one would go looking for him, because he did not tell anyone about his trip. But at the same time, doubts grew more and more every hour. He was too confident. His voice did not tremble, and he answered all questions smoothly.

We spent two days together, and when the guys completed all their tasks, they simply put Artyomka on the road and told him to go to the village without turning around. We ourselves jumped into the cars and drove off in the other direction.

I later recalled this incident for a long time and was proud that our fighters act very humanely. Times were tough and it was really hard to keep humanity.

So I would be one hundred percent sure that the soldiers did the right thing if I didn’t find out that around this area the next group drove into the forest in the same way, and after some time a Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle drove out and shot the boys’ cars. So then think about how to act correctly in such situations ...

Alexander Kharchenko

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