Posted on 02/28/2022 4:13:17 PM PST by Morgana
Ukraine has paraded captured Russian soldiers in dozens of online videos as Moscow finally admitted its forces have sustained heavy losses after pictures showing bodies of Kremlin fighters emerged.
Footage posted online show tied up 'demoralised and exhausted' Russian prisoners of war captured after they failed to break through Ukrainian defences in Kyiv and Kharkiv over the weekend.
Several of the videos were posted on a Telegram channel set up on Saturday by Ukraine's Interior Ministry called 'Find Your Own'.
Many Russian troops claimed that they believed they were conducting training exercises in the border regions and did not know they were being sent to invade Ukraine.
Meanwhile Russia's defence ministry has for the first time acknowledged suffering losses in the conflict after several bodies of the Kremlin's servicemen emerged.
Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov gave no figures on Russia's dead and wounded but said Sunday his country's losses were 'many times' lower than Ukraine's.
Meanwhile Ukraine's defence ministry put the total number of Russian casualties at 5,300, though that number could not be independently verified and the number of casualties from Europe's largest land conflict since World War II remained unclear amid the confusion.
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“Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov gave no figures on Russia’s dead and wounded but said Sunday his country’s losses were ‘many times’ lower than Ukraine’s.”
Possible but unlikely with the Ukraine on the defense.
People wanted the fog or war lifted
Many Russian troops claimed that they believed they were conducting training exercises in the border regions and did not know they were being sent to invade Ukraine.
Surprise !!!!
just like many people in the USA thought the were injecting a vaccine made to keep them from dying.
Surprise!!!!!
Even if it’s true that Russian losses are many times lower than Ukrainian losses, doesn’t exactly paint Russia in a positive light.
Bragging about how many Ukrainians you’ve killed in a war that you started without cause, as thought that absolves you from getting your own troops killed, not your best moment.
“Many Russian troops claimed that they believed they were conducting training exercises in the border regions and did not know they were being sent to invade Ukraine.”
Oh, we thought it was an STO.
STO?
Yeah, a standard training op.
Why didn’t it come up when I searched?
It’s hard to know what’s real.
A lot of manufactured images and videos out there.
Sheesh, the Russkies don’t exactly look like elite athletes, do they? More like guys at a local bowling league.
In Belarus, Russian dead and wounded filled up a train which then departed for Russia
Oh boo hoo they aren’t upholding the Geneva convention. Maybe Russia shouldn’t have sent their troops into a country that ain’t theirs
This whole thing is kind of like America invading Canada, it just makes no sense.
Also, Russia has introduced troops from Dagestan into southern Ukraine
Ukraine is under attack by an invading force and there’s a concern about whether they’re abiding by the Geneva Convention?
” In some videos the Ukrainians are not exactly upholding the Geneva convention.”
Well, only the most heinous actions are ever prosecuted.
Yeah, if you include the civilian casualties.
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