Interview with Ruslan Karimov Ramilevich Interview with Shingiz Sibiev Kanatovich Glavcom (Ukrainian media outlet) spent several hours in a strict regime corrective colony in Dnipro. The criminal group Wagner Private Military Company (PMC), which fights as part of the Russian armed forces on Ukrainian territory, is already known worldwide for its brutality and lack of principles. Glavcom had the opportunity to speak with two representatives of this formation. Both are held in a strict regime corrective colony in Dnipro. Today is an inspection day in the colony — the guards are conducting a search of all personal belongings of the inmates. We have to wait at the gates until the search is over and visitors are allowed to enter. While waiting, we talk to a representative of the Security Service of Ukraine, who accompanies us to the captured Wagner fighters. The officer of the Security Service of Ukraine deals with Russian captives and has extensive experience in communicating with them. Recently, on Easter, Ukraine exchanged 25 Wagner members from this colony — all of them were convicts who were sent to the front directly from Russian prisons. They were exchanged, even though none of them had written a request for an exchange. The prisoners told their stories of being recruited to Ukraine. Two weeks before the “agitators” from Wagner were supposed to arrive, the conditions of detention in the Russian zone deteriorated: cafes and shops were closed, nothing could be bought with their own money, they were fed potatoes intended for feeding deer, and given fish like tulka (clupeonella), which smelled very bad and was impossible to eat. Even the experienced prisoners have never seen such a thing. Recruitment takes place in all Russian prisons. Out of approximately 1,100 inmates, around 200 show interest. Once the recruitment process is complete, the cafeteria reopens, and normal feeding resumes. Meat appears in the soup again. Once you agree, there’s no way to refuse. Although during the initial wave, it wasn’t as strict as it is now. According to accounts, several individuals mentioned that when they expressed a desire to refuse to go to war, they were beaten by the prison guards as a show of force. If an inmate expresses a desire to refuse, he is given a package of ten sheets of paper to sign. According to those papers, each...
Anton is a fighter in the National Guard in his military life, and in civilian life, he is a musician and sculptor who creates busts of prominent hetmans and commanders for Ukraine and other countries. Just a year or two ago, he couldn’t have imagined that war, represented in the details of historical costumes and miniature orders in his workshop, would become a reality and compel him to learn how to handle new weapons in order to liberate his native region. We tell the story of Anton, with the call sign Patrick, who took part in the liberation of the Kharkiv region (east of Ukraine). Anton, what were you doing before the full-scale invasion? And what are you currently doing in service? I was involved in sculpture, primarily miniatures, specifically military miniatures. That’s why I have a good knowledge of military history, uniforms, various combat skills specific to different cultures or eras. I used to learn fencing, hand-to-hand combat, and even participated in airsoft. It was mainly to understand how soldiers in the past had to perform certain exercises, fight, crawl, and handle weapons. It was very interesting to experience it firsthand. However, I never expected that I would have to do all of this myself in a real war. Source: Sirko Toys Currently, I hold the position of a rifleman in the National Guard of Ukraine. Are your works available for public viewing? Can readers familiarize themselves with them? Yes. I have pages on Facebook and Instagram, as well as a page for our family studio, which we ran before the war — Sirko Toys. We shared photos of the Cossacks we made from tin, in various painted designs: I sculpted them, then they were cast in tin, and my wife and other artists painted and detailed them. We also created busts of prominent Ukrainian figures. We made a lot of them. Sometimes I did something for other manufacturers, both Ukrainian and Western. For example, my models were ordered in Britain. It happened that the preparatory stage took longer than the actual production of the model. Because every model needs to be studied. You need to know everything about it. For example, you make a portrait of a general or a commander. But you depict him at a specific historical moment, during a certain battle. And then you...
According to the Minsk agreements entire heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems should be withdrawn to 40 km from the boundary line. Lugansk less than 20 km from the boundary...
