How can Russians surrender or evacuate from the Russian Federation?
The Ukrainian state project “I Want to Live” was created by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War in September 2022. It operates with the support of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Main Intelligence Directorate.
During more than two years of work, more than 40 thousand Russians turned to the project.
More than 350 servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces who wanted to surrender under the “I want to live” program were evacuated from the combat zone.
The press service of the project said that during this time the initiative, which was originally created as a contact center for those who want to surrender, became a real information hub for citizens of the Russian Federation.
Based on this, Now “I want to live” will accept applications from civilian Russians who want:
- leave the territory of the Russian Federation
- join the fight against the Putin regime (help Ukraine in different ways)
“Every day we We accept and process dozens of requests to the hotline, via Telegram, WhatsApp and chatbot. We receive a large number of requests not only from Russian military personnel and their relatives, but also from relatives of prisoners of war, missing and dead soldiers, says the project.
Contacts for the project “I want to live” (screenshot: hochuzhit.com)
It is clarified that “I want to live” is aimed at:
- Russians persecuted for their anti-war stance
- Russians looking for ways to leave Russia
- volunteers who want to join the armed struggle against the Putin regime as part of the units of the Legion “Freedom of Russia”, RDK, Siberian Battalion or Company “Bashkort”
“I want to live” project helps everyone as much as possible To optimize this process, we have updated our chatbot in Telegram.
It is noted that now Russian soldiers who want to surrender, but do not have stable communication in the combat zone, can submit a request through their close relatives.
“We have also added dialogue branches for those who want to leave the Russian Federation and those who want to help Ukraine in various ways. The bot is available through the same linkas before. When you use it Confidentiality and preservation of the applicant’s personal data is guaranteed“, – summed up in “I want to live.”
