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It is reported that a group of about 200 Russian servicemen stationed in the Donetsk region of Donbass refused to fight and almost got into a shootout with a general and a Russian commando. This is the story of one of the soldiers present in the group, according to the Ukrainian secret services, who say that they intercepted a call between a soldier and his wife, in which the latter reports not only the moment of confrontation, but also bad conditions in who your company is.
call was published and translated Kyiv special services, who describe the incident as follows:[Soldados] Russian contractors almost shot General Valery Solodchuk and his guards, who went there to suppress the rebellion and force the “commanders” to continue the fight.
In the roll call, the soldier begins by describing the incident, saying that the servicemen were arguing with Solodchuk about his conditions on the ground:
The man whose contract was ending asked him a question. And he asked me: “How long until the end of your contract?”. I said twenty-something days. And he says: “Well, you have 20 days to die here,” the soldier says to the woman, who is indignant.
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It was this discussion that led the 215 soldiers of this battalion (originally 600 men, of whom 200 would be killed in action and 300 wounded) to refuse to go to the front lines. There, according to the soldier, Solodchuk pointed a pistol at the soldiers and said that he would kill them if they refused to fight. Then one pulled out a grenade and turned to the officer: “Come on, shoot, come on! We exploded here together.”
At that moment, according to the soldier, the Russian special forces also pointed their weapons at the battalion, and the soldiers did the same. “Shortly speaking, we almost killed each other“, – says the soldier. Then Solodchak will leave the site.
In a telephone conversation, the soldier also reports on the situation of his battalion in Donetsk, complaining to his wife about the lack of conditions for combat. “Everything was destroyed. Of the 12 cars, only three are in good condition now,” he explains. Urged by the woman to flee, the man confesses that this is what he is thinking: “After hearing his words, I don’t think I want to stay here at all,” he says, referring to the Russian general.
