- Sunday’s blockade by the Russian government to a Ukrainian military site was made to prevent soldiers from surrendering.
- There have been 2,000 surrender requests to the “I Want to Live” site. According to the Kyiv Independent,.
- Roskomsvoboda projectA Russian anti-censorship group, ”, reported that the Prosecutor General’s Office had blocked the site.
Sunday’s ban by the Russian government for users to access a Ukrainian website encouraging surrender of Russian military personnel was issued.
A site called Hochu Zhit received over 2,000 requests from Russian military personnel to leave their posts and surrender to Ukrainian forces. According to the Kyiv Independent,
Hochu Zhit, translated from Russian, means “I want live.” The Ukrainian government-run website promises to follow Geneva conventions in the treatment and care of prisoners of war. If surrendered via the site’s affiliated hotline, it offers three meals a days, legal support, medical attention, and three meals a night to Russian military personnel.
HotlineThe first announcement was made by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense on September 19th, two days before Russian President Vladimir Putin. The mobilization of 300,000. — Many of these people have been drafted — to the battlefield.
Sunday Roskomsvoboda projectA non-governmental Russian anticensorship organization called ”’ reported that the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office had blocked access to the site.
The Russian Prosecutor, a position held currently by Putin-nominated Igor Krasnov, Heads the country’s courts, similar to United States Attorney General Merrick Galrland.
“The project was blocked twice… The first time was by a “mask” when access to all domains and subdomains was restricted, the second was just the entire website,” Russian newspaper Kommersant reportedRoskomsvoboda Project spoke out about the blockage.
Insider reached out to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine for more information.
