Saturday, January 21, 2023

No. 270.


This is coolbert:

"'Russian Aerospace Forces’ aircraft will transport the released servicemen to Moscow for treatment and rehabilitation at medical institutions of the Russian Defense Ministry,'"

From www.rt.com 31 Dec, 2022.

The kindler gentler Russia? A contrast from World War Two.

"Russian soldiers released from Ukrainian captivity – Defense Ministry"

"Freed servicemen will now be airlifted to Moscow for treatment and rehabilitation, the military said"

"Some 82 Russian servicemen were released from Kiev-controlled territories on New Year’s Eve as a result of negotiations, the country’s Defense Ministry announced in a statement on Saturday."

"The POWs were facing 'mortal danger in captivity,' the ministry added, in a post on Telegram."

Consider and contrast the treatment of red army, prisoners of war repatriated in 1945 to the Soviet union. POW is having to be going through a filtration center interrogated by NKVD personnel determine if red Army troops as being returning to the Soviet union in violation of Order Number 270.

Red Army personnel having surrendered of their own free will and not fighting to the death against the German invader suffering severe consequences. Failing to pass successfully through a filtration center meaning harsh retribution.

"Order No. 270, issued on 16 August 1941, by Joseph Stalin during the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, ordered Red Army personnel to 'fight to the last,' virtually banned commanders from surrendering, and set out severe penalties for senior officers and deserters regarded as [dereliction of] their duties."

"15% of the POWs (226,127 out of 1,539,475 total) were transferred to the NKVD, i.e. the Gulag."

SENT TO THE GULAG MEANING THE SAME AS A SENTENCE OF DEATH!

Read further Order # 270 and other atrocious treatment of Red Army personnel 1945:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_No._270

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_repressions_against_former_prisoners_of_war

coolbert.





1 comment:

  1. During the time of Imperial Russia, nobility could and was conferred to Russian prisoners of war who had comported themselves bravely during captivity.

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