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A fragment of a destroyed Russian tank is seen on the roadside on the outskirts of Kharkiv on February 26, 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A fragment of a destroyed Russian tank is seen on the roadside on the outskirts of Kharkiv on February 26, 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Photo by SERGEY BOBOK/AFP via Getty Images
  • The mothers of captured Russian soldiers are being asked to pick them up.

  • Instructions for mothers to come to Kyiv for their children are given in a Facebook post.

  • Families were urged to identify captured or killed Russian troops.

The mothers of captured Russian troops are being asked to come pick them up.

"Mama!" The defense ministry wrote on a flyer that the POW's son is waiting for you.

A flyer shows a picture of a member of Russia's military next to a woman in distress.

The defense ministry asked on Facebook to deliver the message to the thousands of Russian mothers with their sons who have been captured.

The defense ministry wrote instructions for Russian mothers to call a phone number to find out if their sons are dead or captured.

Instructions for Russian mothers to physically retrieve their sons if they have been captured are described by the defense ministry of Ukraine.

The defense ministry said that the Ukrainian people do not make war with mothers and their captured sons.

According to Radio Free Europe, the country's interior ministry had previously urged families to identify captured or killed Russian troops.

In the first six days of the invasion of Ukraine, 6,000 Russians were killed, according to the Ukrainian President.

In a video address, Zelensky said that Russian mothers are losing their children in a foreign country.

Russia has yet to provide updated figures on its confirmed deaths. The number of Ukrainian military deaths is not known.

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