by Radio Svoboda<\/a>, on the morning of January 10, Russian servicemen of military unit 83576 in the occupied city of Sevastopol were gathered on the parade ground.\u00a0The commander of the unit, Sergei Puzin, told his subordinates that they would be vaccinated against the coronavirus, participation in this event was mandatory and no refusals would be accepted.<\/p>\nAfter that, the conscripts were taken to a military clinic and vaccinated there. Some servicemen warned doctors about possible allergic reactions but the medical workers did not listen to their comments. In addition, they refused to name the drug they were vaccinated with. Probably, the Russian Sputnik V vaccine was used for the COVID-19 vaccination, since on December 5, 2020, vaccination against coronavirus with this particular vaccine began in Russia. Some Western experts criticized the Russian vaccine for the lack of evidence of its efficacy and safety.<\/p>\n
About two dozen sailors vaccinated on January 10 in Sevastopol complained that they were not feeling well.\u00a0They got a fever of 39 degrees of Celsius (102.2 \u00b0 F) and higher.\u00a0One of the sailors, 18-year-old Maxim Churilov, who was called up for military service in October 2020, was in even worse condition.\u00a0He developed an allergic reaction, swelling in his throat and began to choke.\u00a0He was urgently taken to the emergency room of the nearest city hospital.<\/p>\n
A video was posted on the Internet in which Irina Churilova, a grandmother of the conscript who ended up in intensive care, told the details of this forced vaccination.<\/p>\n