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Weary Ukrainian Soldiers Pay Thousands of US Dollars to Flee Abroad, Captured Border Guard Says
Weary Ukrainian Soldiers Pay Thousands of US Dollars to Flee Abroad, Captured Border Guard Says
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A group of six Ukrainian State Border Guard officers surrendered to Russia in early January on the border with Belgorod Region, a source in... 13.01.2025, Sputnik Africa
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Exhausted and demoralized, Ukrainian soldiers pay thousands of dollars to smugglers in a bid to flee abroad, a captured Ukrainian border guard said.One of the Ukrainian servicemen who surrendered last week was Ruslan Zadorozhniy, a soldier of the 1st Border Guard Unit of the State Border Guard Service, a native of the village of Romanky in Dnepropetrovsk Region. Zadorozhniy said that a fellow villager, along with other Ukrainian servicemen, had been sent to fight against Russian troops with no respite in sight, which left them completely demoralized. Zadorozhniy said that his acquaintance was eventually "fed up" with the military service and paid $3,000 for an opportunity to "escape" to Poland.
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Weary Ukrainian Soldiers Pay Thousands of US Dollars to Flee Abroad, Captured Border Guard Says
13:58 13.01.2025 (Updated: 09:01 14.01.2025) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A group of six Ukrainian State Border Guard officers surrendered to Russia in early January on the border with Belgorod Region, a source in the Russian security services has told Sputnik.
Exhausted and demoralized,
Ukrainian soldiers pay thousands of dollars to smugglers in a bid to flee abroad, a captured Ukrainian border guard said.
One of the Ukrainian servicemen who surrendered last week was Ruslan Zadorozhniy, a soldier of the 1st Border Guard Unit of the State Border Guard Service, a native of the village of Romanky in Dnepropetrovsk Region.
Zadorozhniy said that a fellow villager, along with other Ukrainian servicemen, had been sent to fight against
Russian troops with no respite in sight, which left them completely demoralized.
"We didn't get much rest, and we weren't allowed to take a leave," he said.
Zadorozhniy said that his acquaintance was eventually "fed up" with the military service and paid $3,000 for an opportunity to "escape" to Poland.
