Oleg Vyshniakov - Ukraine and Israel. Human life is the worthiest thing, especially in war.

Human life is the worthiest thing, especially in war.

Today almost every newscast turns almost into thriller - killed, bombarded, destroyed, missing. From Friday to Saturday night, three Ukrainian paratroopers were gone on the Crimean border. If not killed, then captured. It is clear that we don’t know the whole truth about the situation.

That, what the Military forces of all countries face at the time of combat operations, is determined as «Top secret». The mystique depends on not only the strategic importance, but also the unpreparedness of wimps to receive it. According to the principle – the less you know, the better you sleep. Dry statistics, as the daily recital of injured, murdered, crippled and in captivity, can stroke even the strongest mentality. Especially when it concerns captives.

Of course, it exist The Geneva Convention concerned treatment of prisoners of war, which contains the ways of behaving with captives in a civilized manner, as far as the term «civilized» is applicable to the war and captivity. It is a philosophical question. And furthermore, all these rules exist not only on paper.

In practice, opponents tries to do their best to get the success, because a disarmed and trapped soldier is an ideal tool of blackmail and getting information.

For today, Ukraine has already faced the problem of captivity. It is impossible to comment the events happened in the territory of so-called DPR/LPR. People are tortured, they have no even water and food. They are made to parade as captives.

I would like to tell about events in Israel briefly.

The main principle is «our people are never forgotten and lost». Even dead bodies of Israeli soldiers must be returned to the native land. It is important to underline that soldiers in captivity are always tortured in spite of any Convention. Therefore a captive gave any information, the rest militaries must always have «other plan» and move. A captive must do all the best to save his life even giving a «Top secret» information. Because the worthiest thing in the world is his soldier’s life. Heroism followed by death is good only in Hollywood actions, not in a real life.

Israel - a State that does not enter into negotiations with the terrorists. But when in 2006, Palestinian militants entered Israel using the underground manhole, captured the tank soldier Gilad Shalit, the captive Israeli soldier has been exchanged for more than a thousand Palestinians. Obviously, this doesn’t happen every day, and the Israeli government understands clearly that every released terrorist will return armed. But the life of own soldier - is sacred.

Avoiding the army service in Israel is a real shame! A soldier there - is a liberty guardian, the guardian if State, the security throughout the country. The country must do all possible for him. How to watch into people’s eyes who rely on the State, and instead they hear only "I'm sorry, we did all we could"?

I consider that learning of Israeli experience of saving prisoners of war has great importance for Ukraine. The reaction must be immediate. Our children, grandchildren and future generations need Peace. I am sure they cannot forgive us if we will not prevent possible losses.