“Different nations are present, mostly I heard Polish, American.

There are black guys who spoke to us very unkindly, communicated poorly, ”TASS quotes the words of the captive Alexander Merlin.

Some fighters, he added, spoke of physical abuse and forced sexual contact.

“Either you sleep with me tonight, or you may not wake up in the morning,” Merlin quoted one of the threats.

Earlier, the Investigative Committee of Russia announced that, as part of the investigation of criminal cases, it would check information that mercenaries from NATO countries were participating in hostilities on the side of Kyiv.

According to available information, in the Donbass under the guise of PMCs, of which there are about ten, there are regular forces of the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance.