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A captured Russian soldier cries while speaking to his mother. Prisoners of war fear they will be killed if they return to their homeland
A captured Russian soldier cries while speaking to his mother. Prisoners of war fear they will be killed if they return to their homeland

Russian soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces will be dead if they return home.

The captured troops have begged not to be sent back to Russia, fearing they will be shot by their own people.

A soldier speaking at a press conference said that he had been told by his parents that a funeral had already been prepared for him.

The soldier who was deployed with Russia's 2nd Motor Rifle Division said that they were already considered dead in Russia. I was given the chance to call my parents and they told me that the funeral for me had already been arranged.

If we are exchanged, we will be shot by our own people.

The Ukrainians have been using captured soldiers to undermine the Russian army.

It is designed to show the Russians that their military has bombed Russian-speaking cities and killed people since Putin launched his invasion.

The invasion was framed as a special operation by the Kremlin to save the pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine from the Nazis. If anyone criticizes the war, they will be sentenced to 15 years in prison.

The Ukrainian strategy has been to treat Russian soldiers with kindness, in order to contrast the treatment of their own men.

Most of the captured Russian soldiers said they had no idea they were going to war. They were short of food and equipment. Many conscripts said they wanted to go home. Some people have been crying on the phone while talking to their mothers.

The Kremlin had insisted that it had only sent professional soldiers. Russia's defence ministry admitted on Wednesday that it had used conscripts.

The tactic of filming demoralised Russian conscripts has been praised, but the International Committee of the Red Cross has said that it breaks the convention.

The law states that they must be protected, according to a spokesman for the International Red Cross. This includes acts of violence, intimidation and ill-treatment.

They must be treated with dignity and not exposed to public curiosity, like circulating images on social media.

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