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1/ More cases are being reported of wounded Russian and 'DNR' soldiers being imprisoned rather than receiving medical treatment. In some instances this is apparently happening as part of a military-run extortion racket. ⬇️
2/ The DNR Mobilisation Live Telegram channel reports on the case of a young man (pictured above) serving in the People's Militia of the 'Donetsk People's Republic'. He was wounded after his service contract expired and he went home to recuperate.
3/ According to the man's relatives: "Unknown people came to his home and said that he had been transferred to the 273rd battalion for pre-treatment. They promised that they would help him with paperwork and payment for the injured.
4/ "In the end, they took him away, put him in a basement, and then he left. They came again, threatened to kill him and so on. The man was unwell after the contusion, but they still treated him like that. All this is located in the village of Korsun, at 81 Sadovaya Street.
5/ "The DNR Prosecutor's Office is not moving. We have written a direct letter to the military prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation, and we hope that the DNR command will soon stop the military lawlessness and siphoning off money from the servicemen.
6/ "The First Battalion of Gorlovka [Horlivka] in general has simply set up a business: they provoke people to escape, then without any documents they keep them in cellars and cells of the former police station in Nikitovka near Zaitseve and simply extort money.
7/ "People did not sign the contract of the Russian Federation, what do they allow themselves to do? This is worse than the SS."
8/ This isn't the first time that wounded DNR soldiers have reportedly been held captive rather than receiving medical treatment (see below). Given that the DNR is a lawless zone run by gangsters, the reported extortion isn't surprising.
https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1668342467283021824
9/ The Zaitseve mentioned above isn't the FSB-run 'rehabilitation' facility in the Luhansk region but a different settlement of the same name in the Donetsk region. Nikitovka (or Mykytivka) is a northern suburb of Horlivka.
10/ ASTRA reports on a separate incident of a sick man named Ivan who was sent to Zaitseve in Luhansk after requesting medical assistance. The prison facility there has become notorious for its brutal treatment of so-called '500s' (refuseniks).
https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1671253659668344832
11/ According to Ivan's sister, after two Russian platoons were wiped out completely he refused to continue fighting and requested medical treatment. His father says that Ivan had complained about his stomach and his "generally poor condition" while on leave six months ago.
12/ "We went for a check-up and he was diagnosed with a 7 millimetre stomach ulcer and a cyst in his brain. But after the holiday, my son went back. Recently, he again felt very bad in his stomach, he was spitting blood.
13/ "My son went to the hospital, they gave him pills for a week, he said, what pills will help me, put me down and examine me. He was sent back to the unit, and from there the next day he was immediately taken to Zaitseve.
14/ "Update: I wanted to add separately that my son did not refuse to fight, he asked to be treated, and he agrees to fight as long as necessary."
15/ Ivan called his family on 21 August and told them that he was "being taken to Zaitseve". He has been out of contact since then. His relatives have appealed to Putin and his unit, but have not had any success so far (and nor are they likely to). /end
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