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01/09/2024 / 18:09
Dejan Beric: the prosecutor's office will help Serbian volunteers move to Akhmat
Dejan Berić \ VKontakte
The prosecutor's office took up the situation with Serbian volunteers fighting against Ukraine, whom the command of the 119th Parachute Regiment wanted to send on an assault without proper weapons. Vladimir Putin’s confidant in the 2024 presidential elections, Dejan Beric, told RTVI about this.
“The problem has begun to be resolved. Everything has been handed over to the prosecutor's office. The prosecutor's office is looking into this situation. After my appeal, they themselves came to the Serbian fighters. They promised to facilitate the transition to Akhmat, with which we have good ties,” Berich said.
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It was Beric who posted a video message on his VKontakte page in which he said that the attitude towards the Serbs in the regiment was unworthy - they were not given ammunition, copters and the necessary equipment. They had to buy all this with their own money. Beric claims that the commanders called the Serbian fighters “gypsies”, and after the fighters expressed their dissatisfaction with the situation, they sent them to the assault with several horns of cartridges. Other weapons, according to Berich, the military had to “capture in battle.” The fighters refused - after which they were disarmed and, according to Berich, were subjected to physical violence.
When asked by RTVI whether the command of the 119th Regiment was really involved in what was happening, Berich answered in the affirmative.
“You can get very serious for this. And I probably expect what I will get for it. I may have to go to jail, but I'm ready. The main thing is that I managed to help and save my guys from what could have happened to them. No one threatened me, but it’s just that my appeal is really a violation, it’s really discrediting the army, if you just listen to the words and don’t figure out what the situation is behind the words. But I am sure that Sergei Shoigu and the people around him will understand the situation correctly,” Beric said.
Sniper Dejan Berich fought on the side of the DPR since the summer of 2014 and was captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In a video message, he clarified that some of the Serbian fighters came to participate in the fighting in Donbass with his help.