“Kasyan Ivan Pavlovich, born in 1984.
I was drugging in all possible ways. At one time, for about 1.5 years I lived in Kyiv with a drug dealer who sold salt (note: narcotic substance). I had unlimited access to these salts. At the market, I got in touch with one addict, he offered me heroin. I don’t know where he bought it. Before that, I did not use heroin.
But in 2012, I really wanted to go to prison to test my strength.
When you inject yourself hard drugs and veins have such properties, if you prick it five times, the vein hides.
It was clear to me that this was not a joke.
This year, at the beginning of summer, I came to the military enlistment office and said: if you are thinking of taking me to the army, then take me away, if you don’t think, then don’t touch me, because the poppy will ripen soon (note: drug-containing plant) and I will not be in touch.
In the military enlistment office, they highly recommended me as a serious fighter. I don’t know why. As a result, I saw that in the last three days of my service, I was even appointed a squad commander.
I took 12 Methadone pills with me, but no one knew about it. I saw that some there used pills.
They say: “I have a contusion”, “I have a very sore head” or “My tooth hurts and that’s why I drank it.” But I understand that this is just an excuse.
Also in Kiev I was stealing. At night I was climbing the trading points and it was interesting to me. They said to me: “Why are you doing this?” And I replied that I was preparing for war. I don’t know why.
I looked into the thermal imager – there is no one, I make a hook, turn around, I see the basement and three meters away from me, a machine gun sticks out of the basement.
The question: “Who are you?”
I say: From Ukraine!
– Hands up, on your knees!
And that’s it!”
Interviewer: “Did they beat you?”
Prisoner of war: “No, they didn’t beat me. I threw the machine gun aside and said that I also had a grenade so that they (note: Russian soldiers) to take away this grenade.
They asked: “How many of you?”
I said, “I’m here and in meters 50 two more people”.
Interviewer: “What do you think, when the war will end?”
Prisoner of war: “I would like this to happen as soon as possible, but it seems to me that this is just the beginning!”
Interviewer: “Do you understand that Russia will enter Ukraine and completely take its territories?”
Prisoner of war: “I don’t know. I met live with the enemy, talked with him, they cannot be convinced and we cannot be convinced. This meat grinder will continue and in the end it will end with agreements anyway!”
