The Russian flag was hoisted over the Kherson city administration building. File photoKHERSON, Apr 18Ukrainian prisoners of war stated that on the first day of the Russian special operation, February 24, the command did not set them any specific task in Kherson. A video recording of the testimony is at the disposal of RIA Novosti. Two Ukrainian contract soldiers and one conscript testified in a hospital in the city of Aleshki, Kherson region. They were injured on February 24 and are now undergoing intensive therapy under the supervision of Russian military doctors. As representatives of the Russian law enforcement agencies explained to RIA Novosti, nothing threatens the life and health of these patients now, and after their recovery they plan to include them in the lists for the exchange of prisoners. «, and it hit me and immediately threw me out of the car. Then I spent almost the night in the landing, and in the morning I found the village, and there I was already brought here. I absolutely do not know what tasks we had. We were told: go. That is, everyone happened so quickly, I didn’t understand at all what we were supposed to do,” said the Ukrainian contractor. Kherson and the Russian-Ukrainian border, an order was received to advance to the city, but no further tasks were set for the military.The Federation Council said that among the prisoners in Ukraine there are also NATO military «At the turn near the village of Tarasovka, we came under an air raid, our convoy was bombed. We, the drivers, were only talking about moving (they talked),» he said. The third Ukrainian soldier, a conscript , said that he was the loader of the ZU-23 anti-aircraft gun. «We were also driving in a column and came under fire, and I was wounded. I was wounded, then we stopped, got out. They bandaged my hand, and (we) left there. At night we lay in the bushes And in the morning we got to the city here (Alyoshka), and there I was already taken here (to the hospital),» he said. The Ukrainian prisoners emphasized that the Russian military treated them well during the arrest. They said the same about the hospital staff.
"Treatment was excellent. Without any threats, without contempt", says a contractor who identified himself as a driver.
Another contractor said that his family was aware that he was all right. «Yes, yes. They don't know exactly where I am , they know that everything is fine with me,» he clarified. Now the Russian Armed Forces control the entire Kherson region. group for sabotage in the rear of Russian troops