Destroyed Ukrainian armored vehicles. Archive photoMOSCOW, May 17.A British mercenary who came to Ukraine and immediately surrendered to Russian captivity said that he was «terribly deceived» about what he would do as part of the Ukrainian army — in particular, he noted the serious manipulation of the British media. «I feel that I was deceived horribly. Not only here, in the foreign legion (Ukrainian — ed.), when they talked about what I would do. After all, I came to help. But, it seems to me, I was deceived back in the UK — Western media and Western propaganda,» the prisoner of war, whose name was not mentioned in the story, said in an interview with RT.»Cannon fodder»: Western mercenaries complained about serving in UkraineThe lie, in his words, was as follows: «They asked what you can do, and when you said what you want to do, they answered:» Yes, we have such a position, you can help in this way. «And then before you had time to look back, you already found yourself in a situation in which you absolutely do not want to be.» All the stories about how people come to Ukraine to «help» pursued, according to him, the goal was simply «lure» people to this country. He also noted the lack of information and said that at home he mostly watched BBC News, the news division of the largest British broadcasting corporation. «Yes, I think that the media were very manipulative. Many stories … Looking back now, I think that many of them could be, and most likely were a lie. The picture [in reality] is very different from the one that the media paint in the West,» the prisoner of war stated. artillery fire, he was wounded and his comrades died. He added that there were six other foreigners with him in total. He did not participate in the battles: he retreated after they started to shoot at them and was wounded. «from the APU
