Read previewRussian soldiers have been surrendering to an elite Ukrainian combat brigade in the northern town of Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region, reports say.
A video released on Wednesday by Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade appears to show Russian troops emerging from a trench with their hands raised above their head or tied behind their backs.
Several of the captured soldiers said they had been forced into the Russian army due to financial or legal trouble.
An earlier video published on June 6 by Ukraine's 36th Marine Brigade, appeared to show two Russian soldiers, both wounded, being captured during a Ukrainian counterattack in Vovchansk.
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—, Nazar Voloshyn, Voloshyn, John Kirby, Putin, Ann Marie Dailey, Dailey
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