The mobilized person, who recorded the appeal to Putin, was put in a pit

Russian mobilized Alexander Shpylev, who had previously appealed to Vladimir Putin to end the war, was put in the “pit for refuseniks”. This is reported by Astra and Telegram channels from the words of relatives of the serviceman.

At the end of 2023, Shpylevoy recorded a video appeal to the President of Russia, in which he called on him to end the war in Ukraine.

“Thank God, Sasha lived. But he is in a difficult situation. The phone was taken away. He is being kept somewhere. There is no communication. They put him in a pit, as you expected,” said one of Shpilevo’s relatives.

Alexander Shpylevoy, a 27-year-old storekeeper from Voronezh, was mobilized and went to Ukraine in January 2023. On December 19, he published a video appeal to Putin in which he claimed that the mobilized Russians wanted the war to end and return home. He also spoke about violations of the rights of mobilized and arbitrary commanders.

Shpylevoy recorded the video call while on vacation. After he returned to the war zone, contact with him was lost. On January 7, the Telegram channel “Dnevnyk Cossack” reported that he was placed in the so-called “pit”, later this information was confirmed by other sources.

“Pits” are the premises where, according to eyewitnesses, the command of Russian units fighting in Ukraine arbitrarily sends soldiers for one or another wrongdoing. Often these are actually pits in the ground or basements. The conditions of detention there are close to torture.

Earlier, Astra journalists published a list of 16 such “pits”, cellars and barracks in the territory controlled by Russian troops in the Luhansk, Donetsk and Kharkiv regions of Ukraine. “Important Histories” and the Conflict Intelligence Team group reported on the same premises in Russia, where military personnel undergo training before being sent to Ukraine. According to journalists, there are servicemen who have committed misconduct, including refusing to obey orders or criticizing the command.

• Russian mobilized soldiers repeatedly issued appeals in which they complained about insufficient supplies and arbitrariness on the part of the command. At the end of 2023, the number of protests by the wives and other relatives of the mobilized, who demand that the authorities ensure the rotation of servicemen and return their loved ones home, also increased.