Putin beordrar styrkor att gå in i Ukraina - INVASION NU (2022-02-24)

“We, the active servicemen of the 13th Motorized Infantry Regiment (58th brigade of the 13th battalion), appeal to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a request not to use us as cannon fodder and take us to a safe zone for resupply with equipment, weapons and people, because at the moment we cannot fulfill the tasks assigned to us. Also, in the light of recent events, the personnel need physical, moral and psychological recovery in order to fulfill the tasks assigned to us to hundred-per-cent.

We are appealing to you because our command does not hear us and ignores all our requests, setting subsequent tasks that we cannot perform.

Commander-in-Chief, we do not refuse to defend our homeland and fulfill our direct obligations as military personnel who took the oath of allegiance to the people of Ukraine and the independence of our country. We hope for your help and understanding.

Commander-in-Chief, the leadership of the 58th brigade came to us today, and they already want to take our people by three or four men and put them in prison, as they say.

Today is May, we don’t want to be cannon fodder. We want to defend our country, but we are not given such an opportunity. We are being sent without any training to the battlefield. As you can see on this appeal, there are a lot of military personnel among us. Before the mobilization, some of them had never held a weapon in their hands, let alone any training. This video shows that these servicemen do not even have any means of personal protection. We are running out of food, drinking water. They are constantly trying to bury us, and so far they have succeeded. We hope for your understanding and ask for your help.”