'Our Brigade Has Already Been Defeated Four Times In All Directions'

What do Russian soldiers who were captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine say?

We went to war to earn money, but lost the most important thing — health and the opportunity to see our relatives. Russian soldiers, prisoners of war, are disappointed with Putin's policy and regret that they went to kill. They told this to Ukrainian journalists, FREEDOM reports.

"We sat there until the 18th, and on the 18th we learned that we were in a complete environment," says the captured Russian soldier.

Russian prisoners of war are kept in a neat and fresh room with.

“Do you think there is any need for this? Is there not enough land in Russia?” says the Russian soldier.

When asked why the war is being waged, he answers that such a question should be asked to the leadership of the Russian Federation, since it is not people who make decisions.

“We are here by the will of fate,” he adds.

There are about 10 prisoners in each of the rooms. Among them are Russian conscripts, contract soldiers, and officers.

"I will not go with all the truth and untruth, I will not take up arms and I will not go to your house to kill someone. I don't need it," says the same prisoner of war.

Some of the soldiers were taken prisoner in the Kursk direction.

"I understand your reasons to come to the territory of the Kursk region, because our troops were on your territory," the prisoner of war told reporters.

This Russian occupier became a participant in Putin's war because of money, he says that he could not support his family in the Russian Federation.

“Because I have a disabled child. I need to take care of him, special care is needed there," he explains his motivation to fight.

Now the Kremlin is ready to pay several million rubles to anyone who agrees to kill in a foreign country. Public sector employees, who are supposedly very valued in Russia, are willing to do this, because this is a chance to earn money.

"20 people were taken prisoner along with me. Everyone says, "We're doctors. We are drivers. ” I'm the only stormtrooper there. Everyone no longer wants to put up with their fate, no one was going to fight here," says another prisoner of war.

He is one of the few surviving soldiers of the 810th Marine Brigade, which is based in occupied Sevastopol in Crimea. In early August, the AFU fighters once again defeated this unit. This time it was destroyed in the Kursk region.

“I'm from the 810th Marine Brigade. Our brigade has already been defeated four times in all directions," said the prisoner of war.

Many Russian soldiers, with whom journalists managed to talk, admit that they do not understand the meaning of the war. To the question: "How can this be stopped?", they shrug their shoulders, but urge their fellow citizens not to go to the front.

"Do not fight, if you want to live," the prisoner of war believes.

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