Captured Russian soldiers: We will be ‘dead’ if we are sent back home
James Kilner
Thu, March 10, 2022, 9:40 AM·2 min read
Russian soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces have said they will be “dead” if they return home, where they will be regarded as failures and killed.
Captured troops - who have been filmed in breach of the Geneva Convention - have begged not to be sent back to Russia, fearing they will be shot by their own people.
One soldier, speaking at a press conference in Kyiv, said that he had been told by his parents that a funeral had already been prepared for him.
The soldier, deployed with Russia's 2nd Motor Rifle Division, 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."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/captured-russian-soldiers-dead-sent-144033819.html
