The Ukrainian project 'I Want to Live' told the story of 30-year-old Andriy Halkin from Altai Krai, who was given the 'opportunity' to be on the front lines after being released from prison. Despite his mental disabilities and handicap, he was deemed 'fit' and sent to the assault troops.
Russia uses people who would have been considered unfit for service by Soviet standards as assault soldiers.
Halkin tried to warn the recruiters about his unfitness, but the medical commission ignored him and sent him to the front. He spent the first days without food and water, consuming his own urine and viewing corpses as a possible source of food.
We had to drink our own urine. There were corpses around, we even considered them as a food source or as a way to end our lives.
Shameless practice of the Russian army
Experts emphasize that Halkin's case is not an exception, but a typical situation for the Russian army. The disabled, mentally ill, and other unfit individuals are regularly sent to the front, where they become easy targets.
This is no longer news for the Russian army. The disabled, mentally ill, and sick are regularly sent to the front. They are ruthlessly dispatched to die.
The systematic use of the most vulnerable citizens in military actions shows the true cost of Russian aggression against Ukraine and the indifference of Russian society to this problem.
This news reveals the ruthless practice of the Russian army sending unfit individuals to the front, where they become easy targets. This case is just one of many that showcase Russia's reckless policy and its indifference to the lives of its own citizens.