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Ukraine has captured scores of Russian soldiers in Kursk offensive, videos show
WaPo ^ | August 25 2024 | Sarah Cahlan, Evan Hill, Imogen Piper, Isabelle Khurshudyan and Anastacia Galouchka

Posted on 08/25/2024 11:11:22 AM PDT by Alter Kaker

Ukrainian forces have captured more than 240 Russian soldiers since their surprise invasion of Russia’s Kursk region this month, according to an analysis of visual evidence that includes mass detentions of young troops appearing to surrender without resistance.


The Washington Post reviewed more than 130 photos and videos taken since the incursion began Aug. 6, most of which appear to have been filmed by Ukrainian soldiers and shared on social media.

The analysis also included photos taken by a Post photographer at a prison housing captured Russian soldiers in Ukraine. The verified visuals depict at least 247 Russian prisoners and support Ukrainian officials’ claims to have captured hundreds of Russians during the incursion.


Some of the captured troops identify themselves in the videos as conscripts, Russians who are serving mandatory time in the military. Conscripts are not generally expected to face battle, and their capture in recent days creates a politically sensitive problem for Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to analysts.



"It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a video of Russian soldiers surrendering en masse like that,” said Dara Massicot, a senior fellow with the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “My instinct upon seeing those videos was that those soldiers were not combat-experienced troops who have been fighting inside Ukraine.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: alteredkookoo; anastaciagalouchka; evanhill; imogenpiper; isabellekhurshudyan; killkillkillforpeace; kursk; mic; rundstedtoffensive; russia; sarahcahlan; ukraine; welfarewar; zeeperporn
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Putin masterminded this to starve the Ukrainians by giving them too many POWs to feed. Brilliant! /s
1 posted on 08/25/2024 11:11:22 AM PDT by Alter Kaker
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To: Alter Kaker
Meanwhile,

"Russia has captured scores of Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk offensive, according to the Russian MoD"


2 posted on 08/25/2024 11:14:31 AM PDT by kiryandil (Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )
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To: kiryandil

I hope you’re getting paid in dollars. Rubles aren’t super convertible.


3 posted on 08/25/2024 11:22:21 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker

“Ukrainian forces have captured more than 240 Russian soldiers since their surprise invasion of Russia’s Kursk region this month”

more good news. May it continue...


4 posted on 08/25/2024 11:22:37 AM PDT by Sunsong
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To: Alter Kaker
Ukraine is not having a fun day today. Russian activity in the area over the last couple of hours (of course they are also bombing and taking much more land to south near the near Vozdvyzhenka, Kalynove, Zelene Pole, Myrolubivka, Hrodivka, Ptyche, Novohrodivka areas). The only winner is the Military Industrial Complex who is bathing in the blood of young men and women on both sides.


5 posted on 08/25/2024 11:26:12 AM PDT by BushCountry (A properly cast vote (1 day voting) can save you $2.00 a gallon.)
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To: Alter Kaker

What Pokrovsk doink?

We used to get actual information on FR, instead of incessant cheerleading for the neocons’ Ukraine Project, where there are zero Ukrainian casualties as they move from victory to victory.

Clown.


6 posted on 08/25/2024 11:26:38 AM PDT by kiryandil (Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )
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To: BushCountry
The only winner is the Military Industrial Complex who is bathing in the blood of young men and women on both sides.

Yes, these Military Industrial Complex cheerleaders are tiresome, aren't they?

7 posted on 08/25/2024 11:27:51 AM PDT by kiryandil (Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )
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To: Alter Kaker

Scores! Writer is depending on you not knowing what a “score” is.


8 posted on 08/25/2024 11:27:54 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The world is driven by envy, not greed.)
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To: kiryandil

Ukraine has lost 4,000 soldiers in Kursk so far. That’s a lot of scores.


9 posted on 08/25/2024 11:29:25 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The world is driven by envy, not greed.)
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10 posted on 08/25/2024 11:30:55 AM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: Alter Kaker

Was this part of the planning for his “Special Military Operation?”


11 posted on 08/25/2024 11:39:45 AM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." --George Washington)
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To: BushCountry
The only winner is the Military Industrial Complex who is bathing in the blood of young men and women on both sides.

China is the obvious winner.

Russia and the USA are China's obvious potential antagonists.

China has a saying about strategy:

"Sitting on a mountain, watching two tigers fight."

12 posted on 08/25/2024 11:45:30 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: SaxxonWoods
The number 247 isn't very impressive. I will wait a month or so before deciding if this incursion is a success or just another hollow attack for propaganda purposes. Time will tell if Ukraine can resupply and hold this territory. If they do hold on in the Kursk region will it cause them to lose ground on other parts of the battlefield?
13 posted on 08/25/2024 11:46:34 AM PDT by Rdct29 (The Democrats Are The New Nazi Party )
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To: Alter Kaker

So what. Hitler captured hundreds of thousands of Russians.


14 posted on 08/25/2024 11:47:39 AM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: Timber Rattler

Ukraine War Maps Reveal Russian Advances Toward Critical City of Pokrovsk


15 posted on 08/25/2024 11:47:49 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: kiryandil

I don’t believe any of it. The Ukranians are getting slaughtered in Russia.

-SB


16 posted on 08/25/2024 11:49:42 AM PDT by Snowybear (Liberalism is a mental disorder)
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17 posted on 08/25/2024 11:53:46 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ )
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If only Democrats cared about America, Americans and America's borders as much as they do about Ukraine
18 posted on 08/25/2024 12:05:20 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Alter Kaker

I used to frequent Ukraine in from 2005-2011. I was awestruck at the lack of children, having also spent time in the Philippians. The soldiers must be NATO


19 posted on 08/25/2024 12:05:37 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: kiryandil

The average age of a Ukrainian soldier is now 45. Nearly all of their losses are classified, but underage boys and older men have been forcibly taken while engaged in their normal routines and forced to become canon fodder in I’ll a advised adventure such as this latest fiasco. Zelensky and company know their funding is about to dry up completely and their military is o its last legs. This Kursk fiasco is nothing more than media event in a last ditch effort to secure continued foreign assistance.

From the reactions here you can see that the lower end of the bell curve are easily taken in by this form of fluff. But the fact remains that there are no obvious strategic interests at stake, in what is almost certainly going to be very costly in both men, munitions, and hardware. So far the actual decision makers Who ever they are do not seem very impressed.


20 posted on 08/25/2024 12:06:21 PM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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