I feel better in Ukraine’s captivity than in Russian army, POW confesses

"If I had an opportunity to fight for Ukraine, take the oath, transfer my family, and stay here, I would be happy to do so," said the 21-year-old Russian serviceman, the Security Service of Ukraine posted on Telegram.

He is surprised that he is treated humanely in captivity, and sees this as a striking contrast to his homeland.

As noted, his unit arrived in Ukraine from the other end of Russia, and the trip lasted 4-5 days. “When we crossed the border, we saw corpses, about 50 pieces of broken equipment, and then realized that was a real war, not a ‘special operation’. We wanted to turn around and leave, but we were threatened with execution,” the prisoner said.

However, he still managed to "escape": 14 invaders left for Russia but were later captured. Now the investigators and counterintelligence officers of the Security Service of Ukraine work with them.

Earlier, the Security Service of Ukraine released conversations of Russian aggressors who told their relatives that the war in Ukraine had surpassed Russia’s losses in Chechnya.

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