LUGANSK (Sputnik) – Ukrainian prisoner of war Volodymyr Grachev told Sputnik that fellow Ukrainian soldiers left him wounded in a foxhole for two months, while he received first aid only from Russian military personnel.
The soldier has received a leg injury during clashes near Slovyansk and was told by the command to hide in a dugout. Grachev was told that he would be evacuated later as he was unable to walk.
«I have spent two months in the dugout on my own; I was provided with water and food by passing Ukrainian military units, so I told them, ‘Help me,’ they said, ‘They told you to lie down,’ so no one took me away,» Grachev said.
«I am recovering, everything is fine. I am incredibly grateful that they saved me. The doctors said that I could have lost my leg,» Grachev said.
