Posted on 05/26/2022 6:41:24 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
Still getting used to the feel of his gun and military fatigues, Anton suddenly found himself surrounded by Ukrainian forces as bullets flew by, with one striking his arm.
“It was our first confrontation with the enemy; we hadn’t even fired a shot. They ambushed us, and we couldn’t fight back. We had to surrender,” said Anton, a 21-year-old Russian serviceman, in an interview with the Guardian.
Anton was taken captive by Ukrainian forces near Mykolaiv on 2 March with five other soldiers from his unit, as Russian forces were staging an offensive on the strategically important shipbuilding city near the Black Sea.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
So the Guardian could interview him??
Spidy Sense
From the article:
He was eventually released in mid-April after Moscow arranged a prisoner exchange with Ukraine, and spoke to the Guardian from Russian territory.
Yes...missed it...that’s what happens when you read half the article.
Hopefully returning Russian POWs have a better fate than returning Soviet POWs after WWII.
DEFENDING your own land/country is a different mindset that attacking your neighbor.
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