“It’s as if a veil has fallen from their eyes: they see that Russians are not at all like the Kiev propaganda lies. The Russians take care of wounded opponents and keep prisoners in humane conditions,” he told RIA Novosti.
According to Saldo, many of the prisoners of war are doing better psychologically.
“Suddenly they are surrounded by people they have become accustomed to since childhood. Kinder, more honest and, excuse me, more sober-minded than their recent environment,” he explained.
Ukrainian prisoner of war from the nationalist association “Azov”* Roman Tutov previously admitted that after the emergency with the Il-76 plane shot down by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Belgorod region, he was afraid to return home on exchange for fear of being killed by his own people.
* “Azov” is an organization recognized as terrorist by a decision of the Supreme Court of Russia dated August 2, 2022.