أوكرانيا تعتقل أولrfloor إندونيسي قاتل إلى جانب روسيا
أرت Ukrainian troops captured Sukamto Ayoк, a 49-year-old Indonesian citizen from Blitar on Java, who was recruited by Russia and sent to fight in Ukraine. He said he was deceived into signing what he believed was a construction contract, later discovered it was a Russian Ministry of Defense agreement, and was forced to take part in assault actions after being tattooed with an identification number.
أبرز النقاط
- Sukamto Ayoк, 49, is the first Indonesian citizen captured by Ukraine while fighting for Russia.
- He came to Moscow on June 22, 2026, expecting construction work in Russia.
- The document he signed was a contract with Russia’s Ministry of Defense, and he was assigned to the 39th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade.
- After an attempted escape, he was forcibly tattooed with an identification number and deployed to assault actions in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
- His group was struck by Ukrainian drones, after which he reached Ukrainian positions and was taken prisoner.
- Russia reportedly recruited about 283 Indonesian citizens in the first nine months of 2026, compared with no more than ten during the preceding three years.
- Indonesia asked Russia to take measures to stop recruiting its citizens into the armed forces or other military-related roles.
لماذا يهمّ ذلك
The case documents how Russia recruits foreign nationals, how Indonesian citizens may be deceived into military service, and how a foreign fighter became the first Indonesian captured by Ukraine. It also follows Indonesia’s formal request to Russia to halt such recruitment and the discovery by Indonesian police of a human-trafficking network that recruited people through social media and messaging applications.
ماذا حدث
Sukamto Ayoк traveled to Moscow on June 22, 2026, after a former classmate offered him work under a construction contract. After arriving, he was housed with another Indonesian man and two Russians. He learned on June 30 that the document he had signed concerned military service, rather than construction, while being transported with 12 other people toward occupied Donetsk. He and other Indonesians attempted to escape but were caught. Russian forces forcibly tattooed Ayoк with an identification number on his chest and assigned him to the 39th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade. He and other foreign nationals under Russian officers were then sent to assault actions in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. During the assault, his group was hit by Ukrainian drones and dispersed. Ayoк spent several days in a confused state before reaching Ukrainian positions, where he was taken prisoner. In October, Dmytro Usov, a representative of the Coordination Staff, met Indonesian Ambassador Arif Basalamako and arranged for an Indonesian consul to visit the prisoner.
كيف تصفه المصادر الأوكرانية
Ukrainian coverage emphasizes that Ayoк was the first Indonesian citizen captured by Ukraine while fighting for Russia. Reports focus on the disguised contract, forced tattooing, deployment to an assault toward Zaporizhzhia and the Ukrainian drone strike that led to his capture, as well as consular access and Indonesia’s appeal to Russia.
كيف تصفه المصادر الدولية
International reporting places the individual case within Indonesia’s response to Russian recruitment: the government’s request to Moscow, the uncovering of a trafficking network and a sharp rise in foreign recruitment associated with Russia’s heavy losses. The case also illustrates how recruitment networks use social media and messaging applications and promises of work in logistics, border security and defensive construction.
أين تختلف الروايات
The figures for Indonesian recruitment depend on the reporting date. Ukrainian and international sources cited about 283 recruits in the first nine months of 2026, while a higher figure of 292 was reported by the time of Ayoк’s capture.
الخلفية
Indonesian police uncovered a human-trafficking network that recruited citizens through social networks and messaging applications, promising highly paid work in logistics, border security and defensive construction. People recruited through the network were forced to sign mercenary-service contracts, and some were sent to combat zones. Russia reportedly recruited about 283 Indonesian citizens in the first nine months of 2026, compared with no more than ten during the previous three years.