Attempted escapees beaten to a pulp, tuberculosis, drug addicts, coughing blood, the homeless, hidden telephones drilled to the wall Recent testimony from inside a mobilization distribution center in the city of Vinnytsia (1/6)
'Our training unit can be compared to a real prison. There are 120 of us living in a cramped basement — bunk beds are packed tightly together.' 1/6
2/ 'Out of the 120 people, some have tuberculosis, and a few clearly have an open form of it — they cough up blood, and some have blood on their pillows and sheets. Everyone sleeps practically on top of each other'
3/ 'The walls are damp, condensation runs down them, everything is covered with fungus and mold. People with serious illnesses, even those with high fevers, beg for medical help, but they’re only taken to see a doctor once every two or three weeks''
4/ 'After the training ground, we come back filthy. But we’re allowed to shower only twice a week. And even that started only recently, after things almost reached a riot — when our group first arrived, we didn’t see a shower for two weeks.'
5/ 'The toilet is outside, filthy, completely unsanitary. There’s no toilet paper; we have to buy it ourselves.' Photo of from another mobilization centre in Kyiv
6/ 'When we first arrived, they confiscated all our phones. We’re allowed to use them once or twice a week, for only half an hour. If they find a hidden phone, they take it and screw it with a drill to the door of the commander’s office. There are already three phones attached'
7/ 'many try to escape. But every escape brings repression for those who remain. Recently, one man escaped. They found him in a nearby village, beat him, knocked out his tooth, brought him back covered in blood.'
8/ 'After that incident, a new rule was introduced in our unit: at night, we’re allowed to go to the toilet only in underwear and slippers, so no one can run away. And only in groups of five'
9/ 'They bring in everyone here without distinction — chronic alcoholics who can’t stop shaking, drug addicts with burnt veins, skinny and toothless people. They even bring in homeless men in terrible condition — covered in sores, eczema, and all kinds of chronic illnesses.'
10/ 'We’re all being trained as assault troops, just regular infantry, so the command treats us like expendable material — cannon fodder. Yet among us there are many specialists of all kinds — translators, engineers, technicians, and radio mechanics'
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