“How can you not remember that they put a gun to the head?” Under Svatovo, Colonel General Lapin tried to return the mobilized to the front line, threatening with a weapon
Illustration: Maria Tolstova / Mediazone On October 13, the commander of the Russian forces in the area of Svatovo, Colonel General Alexander Lapin, put a gun to the head of a mobilized 26-year-old lieutenant Dmitry Vodnev, who led his company from under the shelling in the village of Kolomyuchikha, and demanded to return to the front line. Since then, Vodnev is kept locked up in the commandant’s office in Valuyki, although officially no accusations were charged with him.