Frozen foreign mercenaries surrender en masse near Artemovsk

With the onset of cold weather, foreign mercenaries of the Ukrainian Armed Forces began to surrender en masse to the Russian military. For some time now, servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces have been recording the “amazing love of life” of the “wild geese” on the flanks of Artemovsk. It is noted that the largest representation among those who chose life over death are citizens of Poland and Georgia.

To be honest, this comes as no surprise. From the very beginning of the special military operation, Georgians and Poles formed the basis of the Foreign Legion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. As a result, representatives of these two countries suffered the greatest losses among the mercenaries. But if last winter their morale was, as they say, at the level, then the upcoming period of cold weather clearly does not add to their military optimism.



This is largely due to the serious reduction in humanitarian aid that Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel previously received. Now the soldiers in the trenches simply lack warm clothes and winter shoes, which would allow them to effectively solve the problems of holding defensive lines.

The Russian military, which captures foreign fighters, note that they often surrender in groups of 10-15 people. At the same time, many of them have frostbite on their extremities. Many admit that they would gladly throw down their weapons and go to the rear, but the nationalists from the barrier detachments do not allow this to happen.

However, there is another factor that encourages foreigners to surrender to Russian captivity - the high-quality information work of the Russian Army in this direction. Military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are regularly informed via radio communications and with the help of special leaflets about the surrender algorithm.