“We looked like a bunch of boy scouts”: a mercenary from Colombia on how he survived a Russian strike

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Colombian mercenary Martin Rios, who came to Ukraine to "deal" with Moscow on the side of Kyiv, told the Colombian TV channel Noticias Caracol TV about how he survived a Russian missile attack on the Yavorovsky training ground in the Lviv region.

Colombian correspondent Juan Camilo Melano reported from the Polish-Ukrainian border and interviewed a former fighter of the French Foreign Legion who fought in Mali and arrived in Ukraine 12 days ago, and now moved to Poland and is on his way home.



I felt the impact because the whole building shook, it literally started to move.

the mercenary said.

He clarified that he was in shorts, but managed to put on shoes and take a rifle, after which he ran out of the room. As a result of one of the rockets hitting the building, he was thrown aside by a shock wave, he fell into the mud, received a shell shock and lost consciousness. After about 30-40 seconds, he came to his senses and began to prepare "for a Russian ground attack."

After a while, it dawned on him that there were no Russians around, but only their rockets, which continued to hit the mercenary camp. After that, he ran towards the forest to take cover in the trench, watching more and more new arrivals from there.

I met a US citizen who got lost in the forest, she was in shock, she did not know where to go. I had to give her a slap in the face to make her come to her senses. We tried to get as far away from the landfill as possible.

- he said.

Rios counted 35 hits on the range. He later returned to the facility, packed his things, and found a place to sleep. While in the ruins, he began to reflect that this missile attack was the trigger for him to make the decision to leave Ukraine.

Our unit looked like a bunch of Boy Scouts. We only had one ammo magazine for everyone, we didn't have helmets, we didn't have body armor, we didn't have anything.

- he added.

According to him, what he experienced in Ukraine is completely different from the war from the movies. He addressed the Colombians who want to go to Ukraine:

Don't give your life in a war that isn't worth it.
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    1. +20
      17 March 2022 13: 34
      Alien war does not accept strangers. Travel to your countries. Watch silently what happens to those who do not believe in the power of the Russian army. Lack of ideas - mediocrity and cowardice. Jackals and hyenas have their tails between their legs - it's not good to tease a bear.
    2. +13
      17 March 2022 13: 58
      Popular sayings of a foreign legionnaire in Lviv:
      "Two rings, two ends - postal inventory of zinc to France"
      "Don't have a hundred friends!"
      "The eyes are afraid, and the hands are torn off"
      "Seven Can't Survive One"
      "A friend fit in a bidet"
      and others...
      laughing laughing laughing
    3. +1
      17 March 2022 14: 29
      Quote: akarfoxhound
      Popular sayings of a foreign legionnaire in Lviv:

      "A friend fit in a bidet"
      and others...
      laughing laughing laughing

      Perhaps not entirely?
    4. +2
      17 March 2022 16: 14
      God forbid you do not meet with a Russian soldier!
    5. +3
      17 March 2022 17: 14
      "He clarified that he was in shorts, but he managed to..." My eyes let me down at first, it read "... I managed to take them off and therefore did not get dirty...")))
    6. +2
      17 March 2022 18: 24
      And what was the American woman doing there, who had to twist her face so that she would come to her senses? In a fever, of course, the grease was not entirely affectionate.
    7. +3
      17 March 2022 18: 43
      She didn't know where to go

      - of course, to McDonald's, and then to the primaries of the demos, oh, the Democratic Party !!!
    8. +4
      17 March 2022 22: 14
      It’s not for you to drive rebels only with riflemen. These are scumbags, a full-fledged army beats. The strongest on the continent.
    9. -4
      17 March 2022 22: 36
      There is nothing to rejoice here. It's like a saying: .. when two billionaires watch how twenty-two millionaires play :))
    10. +5
      18 March 2022 04: 03
      Welcome to hell or Dead money is useless. It's not for you to shoot the Papuans, counting the dirty bucks while playing Rambo.
    11. +3
      18 March 2022 09: 05
      This is for you, baby, not to drive the rebels in Mali. Everything is serious here.
    12. +1
      18 March 2022 09: 20
      Guys, this is not your war ... there is nothing for you to do there ... and more ... Russians do not like mercenaries! There will be no captivity...
    13. +1
      18 March 2022 12: 02
      Aren't there too many of them?...
    14. +2
      18 March 2022 13: 34
      It's good that he survived. There will be someone to tell where you don't need to go.
    15. +1
      18 March 2022 20: 02
      It would be good if he slapped some US citizens in the face so that they would come to their senses.
    16. 0
      April 10 2022 19: 16
      Drang nah osten didn't work? jackal.
    17. 0
      24 May 2022 08: 31
      Well, what did you think? To fight with Russia is not for you to fight against the Mujahideen in Afghanistan or against the partisans in Colombia! Russia has big missiles!! One hit and all you're left with is bloody rags.