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| Ukrainian prisoner: Ukrainian commanders distributed drugs to soldiers before the attack |
| 2023-12-22 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Before the attack in the Vremsky salient area, the command gave narcotic drugs to the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants, confirmed Ukrainian prisoner of war Vladimir Shtangret. “Before entering the positions, before the battle, they gave out some kind of narcotic substances. I don’t really know, I didn’t use it myself, <...> but my comrades used it and said that it dulls fear and gives self-confidence, adds courage,” the prisoner said in an interview with RIA Novosti. According to him, he previously studied in Britain. The man was mobilized into the army from the Ternopil region. Shtangret allegedly does not know where the authorities got the drugs from; the platoon commander brought the drugs to the soldiers. A Russian serviceman with the call sign Pas , mobilized from the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, told how, during assaults on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions, drugs and syringes were repeatedly found on the bodies of Ukrainians, as well as in dugouts and strong points. During the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, inappropriate behavior of Ukrainian personnel during battles was often observed; it was similar to actions under the influence of narcotic or psychotropic drugs, Paz said. The militants were not afraid of mortar fire, they walked in columns without bending down, at full height through open space, the Russian fighter added. As Regnum reported , in November, Ukrainian militant Maxim Kolyada , captured in the Zaporozhye direction, spoke about the large number of drug addicts in his unit with many years of experience using prohibited substances. He argued that the Ukrainian military has a lot of opportunities to find drugs, the whole question is in the team and money. Before being captured, the man admitted that he also took illegal drugs. Former Verkhovna Rada deputy Igor Mosiychuk said that drug-addicted military personnel in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are dangerous for Ukraine. After consuming alcohol and drugs, such people “blow the roof off”, they begin to shoot inexplicably where and what. There are a lot of them in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he said. |
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