World Desk, AnyTV, Kyiv
Published by: Amit Mandal
Updated Wed, 02 Mar 2022 10:17 PM IST
Summary
DailyMail claims the captured Russian prisoners have wept, saying they did not know they were being sent to invade Ukraine. The commanders used them as cannon fodder.
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Russian soldiers said, we did not know that we were being sent to war
Russian prisoners have wept, saying they had no idea they were being sent to invade Ukraine, DailyMail reported. The commanders used them as cannon fodder. After Vladimir Putin’s army suffered heavy losses, the authorities threw them into battle against the peaceful people who defended their land. This is not our war. There is no need to stay here. These are the words of a wounded soldier who was filmed sitting in front of the flag of Ukraine. One footage showed a Russian prisoner crying. This prisoner is saying that we don’t even pick up dead bodies, there is no funeral for soldiers.
Ukraine claims Russia lost 5840 soldiers
Ukraine says Russia lost 5,840 soldiers in the early days of the conflict. It has suffered the fastest loss since World War II. Putin’s fighters have suffered a humiliating defeat. The Russian army tried to achieve victory as quickly as possible, but instead faced stiff resistance from the Ukrainian army. Russia’s offensive has slowed as commanders regrouped, changed tactics and renewed their attack. Now it is also facing heavy resistance from the people of Kyiv. There is a possibility of a bloody war soon. The Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that Russia resumed fighting on all fronts and suffered losses.
If he refused, he would have been killed.
At the same time, separate videos posted on Telegram showed Russian soldiers saying they were disappointed when they learned they were being sent to fight in Ukraine. They said, we were told that it is time for war and if we refuse, we will be considered as the enemy of the country. Had we refused, we could have been shot. We were thrown like cannon fodder. We want to go home, we want peace.
Mom, Dad, I love you…
In the initial phase, Russian soldiers wounded and captured by Ukraine were left to fend for themselves. A soldier said, no one attacked us. I do not understand what Russia wants from the war. Mom, Dad, I love you. A soldier told Kyiv and Moscow that the children should be removed from the battlefield. While another said that no one wants war. Meanwhile the handcuffed soldier was filmed crying bitterly and wiping his eyes. When a female relative called him I love you on the phone, he broke down.
Young soldiers held captive were also seen shed tears for those who died on the battlefield as they had not been cremated. “We don’t touch the dead bodies because the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) will arrest them,” he said. A soldier who was wounded during the fighting claimed that Russian soldiers did not know they were going to invade Ukraine.