18/ The men lived in the forest in crude shelters for a week and a half before being sent to the Zavitne Bazhanya basement-prison. In the unhygenic conditions there, many of them developed serious health problems and had to be transferred to a hospital on 7 November.
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Imprisoned men moved to evade inspection
17/ Other mobilised men imprisoned in Staromlynivka were sent after two days to 'some kind of forest belt nearby to hide them from an inspection that arrived on the scene.' (This is interesting, as it suggests that parts of the Russian army may be working against each other.)
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Man imprisoned in basement prisons, wife reports unsanitary conditions and lack of food.
16/ After writing a refusal report, he was imprisoned in a basement-prison in Staromlynivka, then transferred to another basement-prison at Zavitne Bazhanya. His wife says they are living in "anti-sanitary conditions" and are not being fed properly.
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Men forced from abandoned house, disarmed, taken to Zaitseve prison
13/ According to a wife, the men took shelter in an abandoned house in Svatove without any food or water but an officer drove them outdoors to live and sleep in the open air. After being berated and threatened, the men were disarmed and driven away to the prison at Zaitseve.
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Basements in Zavitne Bazhanya and Staromlynivka
14/🔺 Basements in Zavitne Bazhanya and Staromlynivka, Donetsk oblastpic.twitter.com/tXDpqJDM22
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A woman says her husband was imprisoned with others in this location after he refused to fight, following several days under Ukrainian shelling.A woman says her husband was imprisoned with others in this location after he refused to fight, following several days of Ukrainian shelling.
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Another group of men held at Zaitsevo from Kolomyichykha unit
12/ Another group of men held at Zaitsevo were from a unit that retreated from Kolomyichykha, near Svatove in Luhansk oblast. I've told their story previously, which included a general holding a gun to their commander's head to 'remotivate' him.
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Soldiers stranded at border after fleeing front
After days of shelling and with no food, they left the front on October 28 and walked to Starobilsk, 60 km away. Their relatives rented a bus to bring them home. However, the men were stopped at the border and sent to the village of Zaitseve, where they are being imprisoned.
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Russian troops shelled by Ukrainians, run out of ammunition
9/ They were heavily shelled by the Ukrainians, causing deaths and injuries. The lightly armed Russians didn't see a single Ukrainian soldier but couldn't have fought back anyway as their meagre supply of ammunition soon ran out.
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Sent to the front line without logistical support
They were sent to the front line around 20 October, likely in the Svatove-Kreminna area. At the front, they were abandoned by their officers and had no logistical support at all.
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6/ Slum in Zaitseve: 43 men secretly held
6/ A basement in Zaitseve in Luhansk region, where 43 men were being held. Before deployment they received minimal training, including firing a few shots, digging trenches, and basic first aid.