"Guys, Sorry": The journalist came out of captivity and told about the traitor who "handed over" platoon of the Armed Forces (video)
They were surrounded by units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and they hoped to get out of the environment on the recommendations of the brothers, which gave instructions for radio. Within half an hour it turned out that he brought out a platoon of Ukrainians simply to Russian invaders. Ukrainian military and journalist Maxim Butkevich told about the details of captivity and about the attitude to the traitor in an interview with TSN.
Butkevich reported that the grasses are captured by the Russian Federation on June 21, 2022 near the village of Mirna Valley of the Luhansk region. The platoon he commanded was ordered to take positions and monitor the promotion of Russian troops. Nine people had to perform the tasks. If the soldiers and equipment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation suddenly appeared, the information should be transferred, but not to go into the fight.
Within a few hours, the fighters lost their connection, and they did not receive ammunition and water. For a moment, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation appeared in the neighboring forest, but it was not possible to pass it. The platoon had radios, but they did not work through the Russian Reb, explained the interlocutor of journalists. Suddenly, Rape spoke the voice of the Ukrainian military. He said it was possible to go out because the ring has not yet been locked.
The Ukrainians did not expect the approach, and the work of the Ration was explained by the fact that the enemy had disconnected the ER when he took the position of the Armed Forces. They listened to advice and moved by benchmarks. It turned out that they were brought directly to Russian units - captured. The Ukrainians were immediately searched, "pounded", and then sent to the occupation prison, said Butkevich. "One of the fighters of the unit we were downed with us came in touch with us.
The first person to appear in Etry: he said we are surrounded but the ring is not closed yet and we can go out.
When we are They went out to the point where we had to meet with him, a few tens of meters from the strip he stopped us on the radio and said that "guys, you are men, sorry, but I am in captivity yesterday evening, if you do not make a weapon now, you They will destroy because I brought you to Russian positions, " - said the journalist about getting captured and the first minutes They had a connection, as well as UAV to monitor the enemy and artillery for the task of blowing, if necessary He met him in the cell and he hoped that he would be fed for exchange quickly.
According to him, he does not keep evil on this person: the military was beaten and forced to cooperate. "He brought us out and lay, tied to the board. He then was in a detention center with us and said that in addition to the physical pressure he had done on him (he was beaten, but not as much as he could), he was told, he was told. That, by causing us and capturing us, he will save us. The name of the man, through whom the platoon of Butkevich, was captured, did not sound on the air.
On the map you can see where the village of Mirna Valley is the area south of Severodonetsk. For two years, the captivity line has advanced 15 km to the west. It should be noted that Maxim Butkevich is a Ukrainian human rights activist, co -founder of the ZMINA Human Rights Center, journalist of the Ukrinform agency, who volunteered in defense in the first days of the full -scale war of the Russian Federation.
During the fighting, he was captured and the Kremlin refused to return him for two years, contrary to the efforts of Ukrainian winners. The journalist was able to release on October 18, 2024 during the exchange of 95 by 95, Focus wrote. The intermediaries in the exchange were united by the Arab Emirates, the Coordination Headquarters reported.