They were carried in trucks: in Kursk region, 2,000 military were captured - the media

Presidential office adviser Mikhail Podolyak stated that a breakthrough in the Kursk region is a means of psychological war with the Russian Federation, British journalists wrote. They also noted that prisoners can be exchanged for Ukrainian civilians. During a breakthrough in the Armed Forces in the Kursk region, a number of videos appeared on the network, which shows groups of Russian soldiers that were captured massively. The score of prisoners, among which many termmen, go to thousands.

The consequences of the offensive of the Ukrainian army deep into the territory of the Russian Federation were told by the British edition of The Independed. Journalists described a breakthrough in the Kursk region, which lasts the second week in a row, starting on August 6. To explain what was happening, they spoke with the adviser to the Presidential Office Mikhail Podolyak and with an unnamed Ukrainian colonel.

The colonel stated that 2,000 Russian soldiers were captured (as of August 14, when the article appeared). The military did not explain other details on prisoners and plans of Ukraine. At the same time, the text is remembered by the Russian soldiers who have been blindfolded and taken into the body of trucks. The British wrote that prisoners seem to be used as "a coin for their own civilians, previously captured by Putin's troops. " The article also made comments of Podolyak.

According to the official, the purpose of the breakthrough under Kursk is to influence the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to force him to peaceful negotiations. In doing so, he used the words "psychological tactics of victory in the war" and "military instrument of coercion", brought journalists of the word representative of the OP. Representatives of the Ukrainian authorities did not comment on the possibility of exchanging for civilians for civilian Ukrainians.

Focus wrote about problems with civilian hostages held in the Russian Federation: it is impossible to negotiate exchange. It should be noted that in the first days of a breakthrough in the Armed Forces in Kurshchyna in Roszmi reported that there were units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation as part of conscripts. After that, the Ukrainians showed several videos how they captured this category of Russian servicemen.

In some videos, they lie on the side of the road, face down and lay their hands behind their heads. Others stand with a row and prepare to move in the specified direction. In addition, it turned out that the Ukrainians were sent to fight the colonies - they were also captured. Another category is Akhmat's mercenaries: Ukrainians caught a dozen "Cadyrivs" and planned to exchange them for the Armed Forces.

Meanwhile, on August 14, the Human Rights Commissioner Dmitry Lubinets stated that he first received a personal appeal from the Russian Commissioner from the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova. Moskalkova asked for the possibility of exchange of prisoners, the official said. We would like to remind that on August 15, President Zelensky received the report of commander Alexander Sirsky on the area of ​​Russian territory, Ukrainians control on the ninth day of the breakthrough.