Captured occupier tells how he fired at civilians in Mariupol and why he invaded Ukraine
The invader told the SSU that, according to their commanders, it was necessary to stay ahead of the curve: they even knew the date when Ukraine was to ‘attack’ russia - on February 26.
‘On the 23rd, we received an order to land on the territory of Ukraine. We landed on February 24. The rationale was that Ukraine was supposed to attack us on February 26. And that with this landing we prevented this attack,’ he tells the SSU investigators.
However, after the occupier was captured, he ‘drastically’ changed his attitude. A native of Crimea, like many soldiers before him, tells the SSU that he ‘did not know’ where they were going and what targets they were firing at.
When they returned to the base in March, all of his platoon filed reports refusing to participate in the ‘special operation’. But the command ignored them and sent them back to Ukraine.
And after that, the soldier, who allegedly ‘refused’ to continue the war, launched about 400 mortar shells on Ukrainian Mariupol! And again - ‘knew nothing’ about it.
‘We were given coordinates, we worked on them. We fired about 400 mines all over the city,’ the occupier says.
Currently, the SSU is verifying his testimony. All information from the ‘liberator’ is studied in detail and will be included in the criminal proceedings on russian aggression against Ukraine and used in international courts.
