Captured Russian pilot told how he received orders to bomb Ukrainians and how much they pay for it

According to the SBU, the Russian mercenary pilot from the Wagner PPK managed to fight in Ukraine for three days, after which he was shot down by Ukrainian defenders from the Igla MANPADS, reports Ukrainian Truth.

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It is reported that the occupier Major Andrei Fedorchukov made his first sortie on June 14, and on the 17th he was captured.

Now he tells the SBU about how he dropped bombs on Ukraine. At the same time, he tries to justify himself and says that it was only about “strikes on strong points, accumulation of force and manpower of the enemy.”

In general, the pilot made 1-2 sorties per day.

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It is recognized that besides him, other mercenaries, and not professional pilots from the Russian Federation, also fly Russian fighters worth over $10 million.

Mercenaries receive a salary starting from $3600 per month and additional bonuses for the number and “effectiveness” of flights.

He said that they do not have a direct commander, and that pilots receive all combat missions through the Ministry of Defense. The military transmits coordinates and time. The plane is allocated. Before this, Fedorchukov served in the Far East, in Vladivostok. On the territory of Ukraine, he carried out assigned tasks - assistance to the “Donbass republics” in the form of airstrikes against strongholds and concentrations of enemy forces.

He retired from the Russian army in 2015 as a deputy squadron commander.

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“Did you understand that you would kill civilians? “Did you have any moral restrictions?” the major was asked during interrogation.

He replied that no tasks were set at the expense of the civilian population.

“We worked exclusively on strategic sites, but I really didn’t get full information about what was happening here. I talked to the Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen and looked at the photographs they take during hostilities. Well, I realized that a lot of civilians, a lot of children and women, were really dying. “I think this is a wrong and unnecessary war,” he says. “I regret that I took part in it.” If it were a war between two armies, then the situation would be completely different, but the fact that many civilians are dying is not worth it.”

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