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Ukraine captures prisoners of war, hoping to trade for Russian-held soldiers
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8/21/2024
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Now, Russian prisoners of war captured during Ukraine's lightning offensive into Kursk in
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Russia have spoken to the press about why they surrendered. One prisoner of war telling
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AFP that he and others were, quote, simply abandoned by their command when Ukrainian
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troops appeared. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called these men his exchange
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fund, hoping they can be quickly swapped for some of the 6,500 or so Ukrainian soldiers
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that Moscow says it is currently holding. Here's the deputy head of that facility speaking
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on Tuesday.
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When the first ones arrived, they were scared of some fairy tales about what would happen
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to them in captivity. They were very scared, afraid of everything. Then they stayed with
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us for a couple of days, realised that they were safe and secure, treated like human beings,
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provided with everything. Then they came to life, their psychological state stabilised.
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