A Russian soldier taken by Ukrainians sat in a brick structure, blindfolded, looking terrified. When asked what message he wanted to deliver to his forces and Russian officers in Moscow, the seized soldier responded, “Frankly speaking, they tricked us.
“Everything we’d been told was a lie. I would advise my troops to depart Ukrainian land and I believe 90% of us would agree to go home.” “They duped us,” the soldier was reported as saying by the Guardian.
Many Ukrainians, from MPs to beauty queens to ordinary citizens, have taken up guns to combat the Russian invaders. Meanwhile, people in Ukraine claimed to have seized a large number of Russian forces.
The three-minute video was recorded under duress. The soldier was terrified. Nonetheless, other similar interviews with Russian hostages have circulated on Ukrainian social media networks, expressing identical concerns.
When asked what he would say to his leaders, one said simply, “They are faggots.” Another common saying is “oni obmanuli nas,” which means “they fooled us.” Eight days into Vladimir Putin’s invasion, it is apparent that many of his troops are demoralised and unwilling to fight. Some people have given up.
Others, according to footage, have abandoned their cars and returned to the Russian border on foot, dragging their guns and kitbags. These incidents do not imply that the Kremlin’s ambitions to take Ukraine will fail, as its methods shift to the deadly bombardment of people.
Several prisoners of war stated that they had been persuaded by Ukrainians that they would be welcomed as liberators. They said that Russian servicemen were anticipating flowers and cheering rather than gunshots and explosives.
“Some of them assumed they were on military drills.” “They didn’t expect opposition,” claimed Artem Mazhulin, a 31-year-old English teacher from Kharkiv. “Many are conscripts born in 2002 or 2003. We’re talking about 19- and 20-year-old lads.
“Since 2014, the Russian government has been brainwashing its citizens with misinformation,” he continued. They want to persuade Russia that Ukraine is not a legitimate nation and that Nazi monsters have taken control of it.
Published By – Vanshu Mehra
Edited By – Kritika Kashyap
