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Captured Russian soldiers seen in Ukraine, not far from border, as Zelensky claims hundreds of POWs taken during incursion into Kursk region
Source: Meduza
Blindfolded Russian prisoners of war being transported in Ukraine’s Sumy region, near the Russian border, on August 13. Since August 6, Ukraine has been conducting an operation in Russia’s Kursk region. On the evening of August 13, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that “hundreds of Russian soldiers” had already surrendered and said Kyiv plans to exchange them for Ukrainian soldiers and civilians held by Russia. Zelensky added that all captured Russians “will be treated humanely.”
Roman Pilipey / AFP / Scanpix / LETA
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