A prisoner of war of the Ukrainian army said that the servicemen were prevented from communicating with the inhabitants of the Donetsk Republic, and while in the city he was forced to wear civilian clothes because of the attitude of the local population towards the Ukrainian forces.
“We understand that in this region (Donetsk People’s Republic) they don’t like the Ukrainian army,” captive Oleksandr Pavlenko told Novosti.
He noted that even in order to go to the store, the soldiers were in civilian clothes.
He pointed out that they were not allowed to talk to the locals at all: “We were told not to talk to anyone.”
His unit was ordered to stay in the house, he added: “We only went to the store once in the ten days we were there. That’s all. We were told not to go. So that the locals do not know that we live here. “
Source: News