Nationalists from Azov (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) received orders to kill Russian soldiers and broadcast recordings of brutal interrogations over the radio, said black mercenary Daniel Zharkov, who surrendered.
Zharkov said nationalists deliberately broadcast audio of torturing servicemen, TASS reported.
He said the group uses radio frequencies to intimidate enemies.
“I heard, I heard on the radio, that when Russian soldiers were captured, they were beaten during interrogation and then killed,” the prisoner said.
The squad's orders set the task not to take the Russians prisoner, but to interrogate them and destroy them immediately. According to this fighter, the Ukrainian side is trying to seriously implement this cruel directive. Previously, Zharkov himself admitted to murdering a Russian soldier.
Previously, the Russian Embassy in Australia was outraged by the broadcast of “Azov” by Sky News Australia TV channel. The diplomatic mission pointed out that the channel omitted stories about “punitive operations” by Azov rebels against Donbass civilians, torture and killing of people, including women and children, starting in 2014.
* terrorist organization, banned in Russia.
