kyiv launched a program “I want to live”, to promote redditions. A bonus is granted if the soldiers go with equipment. A simple and apparently effective strategy.
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Russian soldiers who no longer want to fight in Ukraine now have a hotline to organize their surrender to Ukrainian forces. On September 18, kyiv set up a program with an explicit name, “I want to live”, to encourage their enemies to go. Two dedicated numbers can be reached at any time, as well as an official Telegram channel (@HoChu_zhyt), in the Russian language, which publishes the information related to redditions and systematically ends its messages by calling soldiers to let go of arms ” with them in black bags “. “Russians! The only chance to avoid death in Ukraine is to go. Avoid mobilization, and if you are already in Ukraine, go immediately by calling in advance at +38 066 580 34 98, 38 093 119 29 84 (24 hours a day), or use the chatbot “I want to live” “, we read in one of these posts published on October 3, with Emojis Laughter and telephone.
The procedure is simple, effective, with even a welcome word. “Welcome to the chatbot” I want to live “, the call for prisoners of war, indicates the chatbot, that Le Monde has contacted. The headquarters accepts the requests of the military and guarantees compliance with the Geneva conventions on the Treatment of prisoners of war. “” We generally respond within one day, “said a second message. Then just follow the instructions, dictated step by step, in order to “go safely and save [your] life”. If the procedure is abandoned along the way, the chatbot remembers your memory the next day with a new message: “There was a problem and your call was not finalized. To contact the headquarters and go, start again The procedure. “
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The program seems to have some success. Since the success of the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the Kharkiv region and the announcement, on September 21, of military mobilization in Russia, the number of calls has exploded, according to Andriy Yusov, a representative of the main intelligence department Ukrainian from the Ministry of Defense. “The hotline receives many calls from Russians who have just been mobilized, but also those who are likely to be, or their loved ones. They call and say:” If I am mobilized, what are my options? What should I do ? How to go properly? “, Explained Mr. Yusov on September 26. The platform says it has received more than 2,000 requests so far.
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