Russian leader Vladimir Putin planned to take over Ukraine in three days. This is evidenced by the story of one of the captured invaders.
A video with the testimony of a prisoner of war was published by the Security Service of Ukraine.
– Putin expected to capture Ukraine in three days. It was such a supply of provisions that he distributed to his soldiers, sending them to fight on our land. By order of the top leadership of the Russian Federation, phones and documents were taken away from the invaders, they were given food and water for three days and sent to fight with Ukraine … So, the Kremlin’s blitzkrieg plan has already failed, the SBU noted.
During interrogation, the detained occupant said that on February 24 he was at the exercises, and his military unit was told that they “would march along an unknown route.” The Russian troops were given food and water supplies for three days, after which they were supposed to “return to the camp.”
According to the prisoner, on February 23, their phones and documents were taken from them, and therefore his parents do not know where he is.
On the night of February 24, they crossed the Ukrainian border.
The captured occupier also told how he was captured: their car broke down, but none of the convoy of Russian troops provided assistance. Those invaders who were in the broken car fled to the forest, where they were hiding. And on the fourth day they surrendered to the representatives of the territorial defense of Ukraine.
“A war is going on on the territory of Ukraine, civilians are being killed, they are being shot and killed, they are committing atrocities, bombing cities, destroying kindergartens, schools, hospitals,” the captured occupier said during interrogation.
Due to low morale and lack of fuel and food, Russian troops reportedly surrender en masse or disable vehicles to avoid combat with Ukrainian troops.
On March 1, the first exchange of prisoners took place in the Sumy region, in which five Ukrainians were exchanged for one aggressor officer, a native of Omsk.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine launched the site RF200 Look for your own for a simplified search by relatives of dead or captured Russian occupiers.
