Mass Text to Ukrainian Troops: Rebel Dudes Maybe Not So Bad After All
Ukranian soldiers outside Debaltseve received a mass text message telling them that they would not be killed if they surrendered to rebel troops who have surrounded the city, the Guardian reports.
Guardian reporter Alec Luhn tells Gawker that the text reads:
Parasha betrayed us. He's fucking lying there's no encirclement. We're going to the Donetsk guys. Captivity not death
"Parasha" refers to Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine. "The Donetsk guys" refers to the the separatist troops of the Donetsk People's Republic, who have laid seige to Debaltseve for the past several weeks.
Ukrainian soldier on road to Debaltseve shows mass text message telling troops they won't be killed if they surrender pic.twitter.com/ugeXWWdExP
— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) February 15, 2015
A Ukrainian soldier named Andrei told the Guardian that the mass text has been sent to phones all over the area, but he didn't know who had sent it.
[Photo credit: AP Images]