Serbian mercenaries recruited into the Russian armed forces report abuses in the Russian army and ask to be transferred to another unit. In a video message to Vladimir Putin, Serbian sniper Dejan Beric, who fought in the formations of the DTR, expressed this. This video message, published on platform X by the user @666_mancer, was noticed by the internera media “Važnije istorii.
Berich’s claims are addressed to the soldiers of the 119th Airborne Regiment of Ryazan. The sniper claims that they “behave like non-Russians”. He also said he would likely be jailed for discrediting the Russian military after the video message, but Berich believes his life is worth telling what happened.
Berich stated that the Russian army did not supply the Serbian mercenaries with food, equipment, transport or equipment at all. “They were treated badly. They called us gypsies and asked why we had come. They treated us not as people who came to fight with all their hearts, but as if we had come to steal or, I don’t know what,” Beric said.
The mercenary also claims that there were many sick people among the Serbian military, but the command of the regiment did not allow treatment even with such serious diagnoses as bilateral pneumonia. Some Serbs even developed gangrene.
“Before the New Year, the guys were ordered to attack. But the command of the 119th regiment gave them only two or three cartridges, ordering them to get weapons in battle. Those who understand how war works know that you won’t get further than 10 meters with two horns. We have lost all respect for the 119th Regiment. We told them that we will not fight with them anymore,” added Dejan Beric.
According to him, after the Serb mercenaries refused to fight, they were deprived of their machine guns and ammunition. Then a group of armed people came to them, they were thrown out of the dugout into the street, where they spent two days without food and water. The Russian military threatened them with prison, the death penalty and beatings – they persuaded them to go on an attack or to perform other tasks. On the morning of January 8, the military police came to the Serb mercenaries, opened fire over their heads and hit them with rifle bayonets.
Berich stated that the Serbian mercenaries asked to be transferred to another unit where “real Russian officers are fighting”. “We are sure that 99% of the Russian army are real officers who are proud of it and know what they are doing. But unfortunately, there are also bandits like the 119th regiment. (…) I invited these people when Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin gave permission for foreigners to come. I understand that our enemies will use this video, but unfortunately sometimes we have to do such things so that 1% pida..su who are in the Russian army go to jail,” said Dejan Beric.
Serbs in the Russian army
Investigators from Intelligence Online and the BBC’s Russia Service previously said Russia was attempting a limited campaign to recruit Serbs for the war. Serbs recruited into the Russian armed forces fight in a separate unit “Wolf” led by Serbian military officer Davor Savicic. This unit is part of the Ryazan 119th Airborne Regiment.
The recruitment campaign was overseen by Beric, Savicic, and former FSB officer Roman Karataev, a government official in the Moscow Region, as well as biker Alexander (“Surgeon”) Zaldostanov and Slobodan Milosevic’s son Marko. Serbs were recruited through the Moscow region to fictitiously carry out a plan to recruit volunteers, the investigation said. Apparently, the authorities failed to recruit a thousand Serbs for the war as planned, in total about 100 people joined the army. At home, they face up to 10 years for being mercenaries. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has opposed such recruitment.
2024-01-09 17:41:15
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