Overview
- Soldiers of the 425th Separate Assault Regiment Skelia detained two Colombian nationals in Pokrovsk, according to the unit’s Telegram report.
- The prisoners said they went to Russia for construction jobs paying $2,500 per month.
- They recounted that upon arrival in Ufa their documents were seized, they were issued assault rifles, and they were sent to storm Pokrovsk after a 36-hour bus ride without food or water.
- The captives claimed they had not fired their weapons and had received no pay.
- Ukrinform reports that Russia is employing more than 18,000 foreign nationals from 128 countries in the war, with 3,388 reported killed.