A female cook from the Armed Forces of Ukraine told how she came to the Kursk region 09:59

Gunner Private Natalya Balaklitskaya said that she served as a cook in the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU), but was sent to the Kursk region by the commander under the threat of execution. His words lead the way RIA Novosti.

In the Russian region, a woman was captured by fighters of the Northern Russian troops.

According to Balaklitskaya, the Ukrainian command claimed that she and her colleagues would not be sent to the front, to the war zone, and that if they did not go, they would be shot.

The soldier said seven days later that the promised rotation had not materialized. One day, the woman was left alone in the shelter with a colleague while others went to help carry the injured from a neighboring location. Meanwhile, the Russian army began to approach.

“Then machine gun bullets started flying towards our hole. Then they almost came to the hole, and we came out to say: “We surrender without weapons,” Balaklitskaya shared.

He added that his difficult life forced him to volunteer for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, there was no job, no housing, no family, nothing to buy food, but he had to take care of two children.

When there were no motorized rifles in the brigade, Balaklitskaya was sent to the combat contact line. The woman had previously studied in England.

Since August 6, Russian armed forces have been fighting Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region. In the region as of August 10 valid Counter-terrorism operation regime.

Formerly Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reportedIt was stated that 47 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered to Russian troops as prisoners within a week.