Crying Russian POWs told 'you'll be shot back home and your funeral is already arranged'
dailystar.co.ukRussian soldiers are living in fear of being killed if they are sent back home after being captured by Ukrainian soldiers. At a press conference in Kyiv, one of the soldiers spoke of being killed by firing squads when they are returned to Russia following a prisoner exchange.
A soldier from the 2nd Motor Rifle Division spoke about Ukrainian soldiers allowing him to phone home and his parents told him that his funeral arrangements had already been made, reports The Telegraph.The soldier said: “'In Russia, we are already considered dead.“I was given the opportunity to call my parents and they told me that a funeral for me had already been arranged.“If we are exchanged, then we will be shot by our own people.”On Tuesday, another captured Russian soldier spoke of how he was shot at by his fellow troops as some soldiers tried to protect Ukrainian civilians.He said his lieutenant was killed while trying to save a woman and her mother after Russian soldiers were allegedly given orders to fire on civilians in Kharkiv on February 24.The Ukrainian government opened a telephone hotline for Russian parents to find out if their sons are among the dead or captured, as well as allowing soldiers to phone home.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade his neighbour Ukraine last month and has continued his assault on various parts of the country.
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