"In the eyes of such fear"

The 19-year-old contractor from Ulan-Ude was captured in Ukraine. He was recognized by the video

“I reviewed this video from Ukraine several times, I couldn’t understand everything-this is Danil or not Danil,” says Ulan-Udean Mikhail Mironov (the name was changed, the data are available in the editorial office) . Mikhail is a friend of the 19-year-old contractor Danil Dmitriev, who was captured on March 1 to the Ukrainian military. - Then, already in his voice, he realized that he was. There is such fear in the eyes. I have never seen this. But Danya is the most fun and kind person of all my friends. There is such an aura around him that the mood immediately rises. ”

Yesterday, Ukrainian publics posted a video on which Danil Dmitriev from Ulan-Ude will be filmed. Danil lies in the courtyard of the house on the paving stones. His face is in the mud. “What were they shot at us?”, The author of the video asks Dmitriev. “I don’t know, I didn’t shoot myself,” Danil replies. “Okay, do not twitch, you will be alive,” says the Ukrainian military. His associates become behind the Ulan-Udean, wave their hands and shout: "Glory to Ukraine!"

Danil's parents saw the video, but refused to communicate with reporters. The fact that Dmitriev was shot, in a conversation with the LB, several people confirmed-his friends and classmates in Ulan-Ude. They all asked not to write their real names and surnames. “I am afraid that it will fly to me for this,” said the girl who studied with Danil in the same class.

It is known that Danil entered the contract service last year. According to Russian laws, young men who are 18 years old can become contractors without military service. So did Dmitriev. “Danya wanted to find a job and earn money,” a classmate shared. -And who else can you get in Ulan-Ude? Here is either a watch or an army. ” Military units in the region really have a constant recruitment of contractors. For example, on the resource of Avito, the last such announcement was published on February 18. Candidates are offered a salary of 35 thousand rubles a month, as well as the possibility of career growth and free travel to the place of vacation.

Dmitriev’s friends do not know how much he received in the contract service. But Danil lacked this money. Sometimes he worked as a restaurant in the center of Ulan-Ude-he stood at the entrance and met guests. It often turned out that Dmitriev spent the day in the military unit, and then went to the restaurant. With several acquaintances, Danil said that he planned to leave the army and engage in business. The guy often met with friends on the weekend. On his Instagram - hiking on night clubs, cafes and hairdressers. Nothing army.

In January, Danila was sent on a business trip. His classmate told LB: “Dania and I met before leaving, he just worked in the restaurant. He said that he was sent to Crimea. I ask: "What will you do there?" He: "Just teachings." He also said that everything was unkinded, that they had to sign the contract. I say: "Have you had options to abandon this?" He says: "No."

The girl says that in the classroom no one could think that Dmitriev could become a contractor. “This is not in his character - to be in a hot point,” she says. - Danya - of those who can be confused in such a situation. Therefore, he was caught. I really hope that he will return home alive. "

In Buryatia, there are still no official data on the number of contractors who were sent to Ukraine. There is no information about the dead, wounded and prisoners. Yesterday, March 1, the Ombudsman of the Republic, Yulia Zhambalova, reported that her parents were injured in the Russian-Ukrainian border. This was the first official mention of the Buryat participants in the "special operation". On the same day, LB contacted the mother of the captured contractor Sergei Chirirov, she went yesterday to Ulan-Ude Square with an antivonous poster. We were the only publication in the region that told about this.