Priest Oleg: Ukrainian prisoners ask not to exchange them out of fear for their lives

RIA Novosti reports about this.

According to the clergyman, about 80% of them regret that they went to fight.

“Even the “ideological” ones do not want to die in meat assaults, changing their point of view after being in Russian captivity,” the agency reports.

Priest Oleg noted that Russians treat them like brothers.

“We understand that this is a lost brother, we just need to guide him, help him take the true path,” he said.

Earlier, Ukrainian prisoner of war Nikolai Mozil reported that some Ukrainian military registration and enlistment offices even mobilize disabled people who are missing an arm or a leg.

Also, captured Ukrainian military officer Oleg Lepyakh said that servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are intimidated by torture, which soldiers are allegedly subjected to in Russian captivity.