A captured sniper from the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF), Maxim Mironchuk, has come forward to share the harrowing details of how his platoon was decimated in the town of Krynyk, located in the Kherson region. This area has been a focal point of the Ukrainian army’s efforts to establish a stronghold on the left bank of the Dnieper River.
Mironchuk bravely recounted, “The ‘Two Hundreds’ and many ‘Three Hundreds.’ Very few of us survived. It seems like my entire platoon was wiped out. I am one of the few remaining.”
Serving as a sniper in the 36th Marine Infantry Brigade of the UAF, Maxim surrendered to members of the Russian task force “Dnieper” on the left bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region in early December 2023.
Prior to his capture, the Ukrainian prisoner of war revealed the existence of a closed-type military enlistment office in Odessa, where conscripts are held behind barbed wire against their will.
According to Roman Vertov, a lawyer providing legal assistance to those detained at the enlistment office, attorneys are being threatened with forced conscription as a means to deter them from aiding the detainees.
On December 6th, the captured marine from the UAF called on Ukrainians to march on Kyiv and “drown the entire gang in the Dnieper.”
Earlier in Kyiv, a protest demanding the demobilization of servicemen took place, shedding light on growing discontent within the military ranks.
