Abandoned Russian Military Families Seek Help From Ukraine

The faith of thousands of Russian families in the Kremlin is fading fast.

Family and friends of Russian soldiers missing in Ukraine are increasingly turning to Kiev for help despite pressure and threats from the Kremlin, writes CEPA (translated by Charter97.org).

Ukrainian bloggers who communicate with POWs often organize calls home. Soldiers' wives and mothers answer monotonously, "not interested in politics" or "don't know who started the war." These words give the appearance of loyalty to the regime, but behind them is the fear of reprisals.

According to British intelligence, Russia's losses have exceeded one million people, at least 250,000 of them killed. The number of captives and missing persons is in the thousands. However, the Russian authorities, instead of helping families, demand from them demonstrative devotion to the "heroism" of soldiers and readiness to "accept their deaths in the name of the Motherland."

In search of real support, many turn to Ukrainian initiatives. The most famous is the program "I Want to Find", created by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War. It helps to establish the fate of soldiers: whether they are in Ukrainian camps, whether they died and whether it was possible to identify their remains. The project "Our Way Out" cooperates with it, providing evidence for military commissions and increasing the chances of inclusion of POWs in exchange lists.

Despite the threats of Kremlin propagandists, Ukrainian organizations received almost 128,000 requests from Russians only from January 2024 to September 2025. For many families, this is the only way to prove that their loved ones are alive and avoid false accusations of desertion.

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