New Year message from the Ukrainian POWs of the 23rd Mechanised Brigade who recently surrendered, situation in Ukrainian front lines:

- One AK per 10 people.

There were no commanders with us.

There's nowhere to hide.

We were thrown like minced meat.

I saw that we’d been already surrounded on the right and left. We were left with no choice.

- No morale left. Heavy losses, many killed.

Two were lucky to be just wounded. The rest were killed.

If anything, just surrender. Nothing wrong with that. You will remain alive.