A 49-Year-Old Indonesian Man Is Held by Ukraine After Capture in the Zaporizhzhia Region: He Says He Thought He Had Signed a Moscow Construction Contract, and the Indonesian Embassy Is Seeking Access
The Associated Press reported on November 11 that a 49-year-old Indonesian man was captured on the battlefield in southern Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region and is in Ukrainian custody. The man said he was unknowingly recruited to fight for the Russian military.
According to Ukraine's "I Want to Live" project, which offers Russian troops the opportunity to surrender, the man said he signed what he believed to be a contract to work in construction for one year in Moscow. The project's post on Telegram said he was taken to occupied Donetsk with no military training and then to the Zaporizhzhia region, where his unit was attacked and he was captured.
Yvonne Mewengkang, a spokesperson for the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the Indonesian Embassy in Kyiv was seeking access to the man.
Ukrainian and Russian officials made no immediate comment. The account of the capture above is the man's account as relayed by the Ukrainian project, and is attributed as such.
Source: Associated Press
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Photo: 图：乌克兰扎波罗热市第聂伯河河景（资料图）。图中是流经扎波罗热市区的第聂伯河与两岸建筑。 英文标题：A 49-Year-Old Indonesian Man Is Held by Ukraine After Capture in the Zaporizhzhia Region: He Says He Thought He Had Signed a Moscow Construction Contract, and the Indonesian Embassy Is Seeking Access 英文全文： The Associated Press reported on November 11 that a 49-year-old Indonesian man was captured on the battlefield in southern Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region and is in Ukrainian custody. The man said he was unknowingly recruited to fight for the Russian military. According to Ukraine's "I Want to Live" project, which offers Russian troops the opportunity to surrender, the man said he signed what he believed to be a contract to work in construction for one year in Moscow. The project's post on Telegram said he was taken to occupied Donetsk with no military training and then to the Zaporizhzhia region, where his unit was attacked and he was captured. Yvonne Mewengkang, a spokesperson for the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the Indonesian Embassy in Kyiv was seeking access to the man. Ukrainian and Russian officials made no immediate comment. The account of the capture above is the man's account as relayed by the Ukrainian project, and is attributed as such.。7777777kz，CC BY 3.0，经Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: file photo. 7777777kz, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
