Captive Russian soldiers say 'Putin's a d**khead' and they didn't want to invade Ukraine

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President Vladimir Putin a 'd**khead' in video declarations made by their captors.The group, led by Major Viktor Blyudin, was a reconnaissance team located in the forest near Sribne, Chernihiv, where they surrendered claiming they didn't want to go to war on March 14.

In the video, several of the soldiers can be heard repeating after their Ukrainian captors as they order them to say "Putin is a d**khead" and ''Death to Russia." One soldier, wearing hooded fatigues and a black hat, added: "I really love [my wife] and I hope that she will forgive me for coming here."He then labelled the Russian government "scumbags."Another, who gave his name as Anton Nikulkov, told his wife and children: "Don't worry, I'm fine, everything's going to be okay.

Putin is a d**khead." But his captor asked him to scream the insult louder adding: "Glory to Ukraine. Death to Russia." One of the most remorseful soldiers, Dmitry Kamyanikov begged for forgiveness from the people of Ukraine.He said: "I stand in front of them guilty, I didn't want to go to war here.

I haven't killed anybody, I swear. I'm asking for your forgiveness for coming here."Before telling his Russian comrades to "resign from your army posts and get out of here."Major Blyudin, the leader of the group, appeared far more reluctant to respond to questioning, but ultimately joined his subordinates in announcing the insult.The soldiers allegedly deny coming to Ukraine for war as they claimed to be in the area 'to learn and observe.'To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.They promised they had not fired on any Ukrainians, however, a Sribnyanshchyna newspaper speculated this may have been a tactic to avoid being punished or.