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

[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.”

[Alter Kaker]

Putin masterminded this to starve the Ukrainians by giving them too many POWs to feed. Brilliant! /s

[kiryandil]

Meanwhile,

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

[Alter Kaker]

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

[Sunsong]

“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...

[BushCountry]

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.

[kiryandil]

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.

[kiryandil]

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?

[SaxxonWoods]

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

[SaxxonWoods]

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

[Who is John Galt?]

[Timber Rattler]

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

[marktwain]

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."

[Rdct29]

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?

[DariusBane]

So what. Hitler captured hundreds of thousands of Russians.

[JonPreston]

Ukraine War Maps Reveal Russian Advances Toward Critical City of Pokrovsk

[Snowybear]

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

-SB

[aMorePerfectUnion]

(((PING!)))

To be added to the zeeper follies pinglist, ping me bro... we need laughter!

[SaveFerris]

If only Democrats cared about America, Americans and America's borders as much as they do about Ukraine

[Jan_Sobieski]

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

[fireman15]

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.