37/ "I saw that no one was watching, and there was a city behind the fence. I also consulted with experienced people – more than half of the people in prison were convicts. They told me how to hide, one guy gave me a T-shirt and pants to change into civilian clothes."
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Georgy escapes again amid illegal dacha construction by corrupt commander in May 2024
36/ Georgy was able to escape a third time, in May 2024, when his new regiment's corrupt commander began building himself a dacha outside the city, using the soldiers as free labour. "It was illegal, so there was no escort, [we were] under the major’s responsibility."
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Resilience of the human body: examples of recovery from severe physical trauma.
35/ "A person had a third of his stomach cut off – he is fit and healthy. Another one froze his feet in the war, they cut off half of his foot, and he is also fit."
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Injured soldiers declared fit despite serious health issues
34/ Despite his two heart attacks and a broken leg, he was "miraculously" declared fit, as were other injured soldiers being held there. "I saw many there who, with a wave of a pen, turned from practically disabled into healthy people. Not only those with a heart problem."
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Escorted Access to Doctors and Canteen, with Improved Meals
33/ "Access to the doctors is under escort, to the canteen too. Only you don't sit in the basement, but on the second floor. And they feed you three times a day, not two."
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Georgy’s 2023 Moscow arrest and reassignment to Kaliningrad’s 7th Guards Regiment
31/ Georgy was arrested while making a visit to Moscow in December 2023 and was flown to Kaliningrad, where he was assigned to the 7th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment. He soon realised that he had been imprisoned again, albeit in better conditions.
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Sapper blast leaves survivor with concussion, broken leg, and heart attack.
29/ "There was nothing left of the sappers, we were 50 meters away, we were crushed by the blast wave. I suffered a concussion, a broken leg and another heart attack."
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Combat Mission Wait Interrupted by Explosives Blast
28/ "They took me to the 'zero line' and told me to wait for a combat mission. Nearby, sappers were unloading explosives from a KamAZ [truck], they had just finished when a shell landed and everything exploded."
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Georgy survived torture, forced back to war with refuseniks
25/ "They did it without witnesses." Georgy suffered a heart attack under torture, but managed to get some medical treatment. The army brought him back to Svatove with other refuseniks who agreed under duress to return to the war.
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Arrival testimony: stun gun assault and beatings
24/ "When I arrived, as a 'greeting' they hit me with a stun gun, then beat me up. There are specialists working there – they beat us, but so that there are no injuries. And if they just beat us, then the 'bad' ones they killed. Fortunately, I did not see it, I only heard."
