The Right Sector volunteer military unit said on Sunday that it had captured a Russian citizen fighting for the Donetsk People’s Republic militant organization in Shyrokyne near Mariupol, news agency Unian reports with reference to Ukrainian TV channel 112 Ukraina.
The man was captured by Right Sector fighters during reconnaissance operations in the village of Shyrokyne, the commander of Right Sector’s Eighth Company, identified by his call sign Cherven, told 112 Ukraina.
“While conducting intelligence activities on the demarcation line, we captured a Russian soldier in the village of Shyrokyne. He had a military ID of the DPR and a passport of the Russian Federation. An investigation is being carried out now,” the commander said.
According to documents shown to journalists, the prisoner was a driver-mechanic of a military unit fighting in Shyrokyne and a resident of Stavropol region in Russia.
According to the commander, there were no requests from the militants for the release of the prisoner.
“Such level of people are of no importance to the militants. They repeatedly beat him, because they could not agree on sharing out wages and [money from] stolen non-ferrous metals,” the commander said.
In a video of an interview with the man, he said had been treated well by his captors. He said he had come to Ukraine in May, giving no reason for coming to the country, but implying that he may have had problems with the police.
In the video by Olena Bilozerska, the man in made to bare his back to the camera, to show a large neo-Nazi tattoo. The video also shows the man’s captured documents, including military papers issued by the DPR militant organization with the serial number 0024528.
Asked by Olena Bilozerska what idea Russian-backed militants are moved by in their fighting, the man answered that they are sure that everything is going on as it should be. They have no doubt that Putin will take the entire Ukraine, he said.
