POWs: 'I was hit by a car, twisted and thrown like a sack of potatoes' ▫ The TRC officers recruited another Ukrainian so harshly and brazenly. Untrained, he was thrown into the front line 'to plug holes' without even being provided with food and water. ▫ In order to escape from checkpoint units and starvation, Yevgeny and his fellow soldiers resorted to the only correct course of action - to surrender as prisoners of war. Russian Ministry of Defense.