Since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022, the Kremlin has tried to increase the troops of the russian army carrying out several .
Russia has even brought people to the front against their will. This is what has happened to Zukhriddin Yuldoshev, a 31-year-old Uzbek citizen who was forcibly recruited for him.
The man has assured that the Russian police planted drugs on him and threatened him with having to comply prison sentence of between 12 and 18 years if he refused to sign a military contract to go fight in Ukraine.
“They gave me two options: prison or the front”Yuldoshev highlighted. Shortly after arriving on the battlefield, the Uzbek citizen He was hit by a Ukrainian drone and surrendered without resistance.
Yelledhev has been marked The conditions for those in the Russian army are very bad. The man has indicated that the troops are generally deceived and that he even He had to acquire both his own communication equipment and materials.
The Uzbek has expressed that where he was stationed “There were so many corpses that there was no place to step”. After surrendering, Zukhriddin Yuldoshev has stressed that he does not want to return to Russia and that He is asking the Government of Uzbekistan for help to be able to return to his country of origin.
As stated Ukraine’s military intelligence services, in a report published last June, indicated that More and more citizens of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and other Central Asian countries are being coerced into the Russian army fighting on Ukrainian territory.
According to Ukraine, many of those citizens They had initially traveled to Russia as migrant workers and were subsequently deceived and pressured to sign military contracts.
