The missing Ukrainian teenager was found in The Russian army. It is reported by The Times.
Alexander Mustyats was 15 years old when Russian fighters came to the village of Krynki, Kherson region. Later, the Ukrainian authorities added the teenager to the list of missing persons on the portal "Children of War". Nothing was known about his fate until last month. It turned out that Alexander, who is already 19 years old, joined the Russian army. This is the first known case when a Ukrainian child who was considered missing after coming of age joined the troops fighting against Ukraine, the head of Save Ukraine Mykola Kuleba commented on the situation.
It is noted that on the page of Mustyats in the social network "VKontakte" published a photo where he is in a Russian military uniform and a cap with the symbol Z. In the picture from February 2023, he was also wearing a T-shirt with the letter Z.
Activists found in The network has another Mustatse account and contacted him. The young man said that he does not consider himself a traitor to Ukraine, and Russia "has always been in his heart."