Russia wants to throw Ukrainian prisoners of war from Yelenovka into the “Cossack battalion” under the “DPR”

Another 57 Ukrainian prisoners of war with a residence permit in the Donetsk region were forced to vote in the so-called “referendum”.

Russia has repeatedly committed war crimes against Ukrainian defenders / screenshot

Russian war criminals decided to create a “Cossack battalion” under the terrorists of the “DPR” from Ukrainian prisoners of war held in the Yelenovskaya colony .

This is reported by the Russian propaganda resource TASS .

This was preceded by news about the alleged appeal of 11 men and 23 women servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the militants with a request to obtain “passports” of the “DPR” terrorist group.

Another 57 Ukrainian prisoners of war with a residence permit in the Donetsk region were forced to vote in the so-called “referendum” for the annexation of the region to the Russian Federation.

“Ukrainian prisoners of war, who are being held in the colony in Yelenovka, turned to the” people’s council of the “DPR” with a request to join the Cossack battalion named after Bogdan Khmelnitsky, which is being formed,” propagandists from TASS write.

(C)UNIAN 2022