Ukraine exposes Cuban prisoner of war at press conference

The Ukrainian government exposed a Cuban prisoner of war at a press conference and denounced the participation of a large number of mercenaries from the island fighting with Russian troops.

"We see photographs, videos from the Russian side where many mercenaries from Cuba are seen," the press chief of the Ukrainian Committee for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Petro Yatsenko, said in a press conference held in kyiv. WHICH.

The official reproached Havana for its tolerance towards the recruitment of people from the island by Russia, despite reports that many travel deceived and have died on the front.

"We cannot affirm that it is a (Cuban) state program, but we know that no one (in Cuba) opposes it," he declared.

He explains that "Russian agitators" work without restrictions in Cuba.

Eight prisoners of war from Nepal, Somalia, Sierra Leone and Cuba captured by Ukrainian troops while fighting with Russian forces participated in the press conference.

The Cuban, a 35-year-old teacher and musician from Guantánamo named Dario Jarrosay, said he arrived in Russia with a promise of work in construction. He saw the proposal on Facebook and applied, but upon arriving in Moscow he was dragged to fight with the Russian Army on the front.

The other prisoners of war reported having been victims of deception to be recruited by the Russian Army.

"I joined the Russian Army because on Facebook, in Cuba, I received a banner (announcement) saying that in Cuba they needed people for construction", said.

He explained that he traveled to the Russian Federation from Cuba after filling out a form to work in construction; but no one told him that it was really "to enter the war."

"I never thought I would enter the war. When I arrived in Russia I saw myself in the war," he lamented. Other Cubans have confirmed to their families that they were deceived and when they arrive in Russia they are sent to the front.

This Cuban Geography teacher and musician is now waiting for a solution to his case as a prisoner of war in Ukraine. Petro Yatsenko, from the Ukrainian authority that deals with prisoners of war, said at the same press conference that Ukraine is open to negotiating the return of these fighters with their countries of origin.