Overview
- Captive 25th Brigade fighter Emil Horvat told RIA Novosti he was beaten by territorial recruitment staff and forced into service.
- He claimed troops received minimal provisions and were driven into assaults under threat of FPV drones.
- Horvat said he surrendered in Mirnograd and publicly urged his former comrades to lay down arms and give themselves up.
- DNR chief Denis Pushilin reported one man was killed by an explosive device in Dmitrovo and two older civilians were injured in drone attacks in Krasnoarmeysk and Komsomolsky.
- The POW statements are single-source and the casualty figures are official DNR claims, with no independent verification presented.