'We all will be judged:' Russian POWs voice disquiet, shame over war in Ukraine

[Jilly_in_VA]

"I want to tell our commander-in-chief to stop terror acts in Ukraine because when we come back we'll rise against him."

Russian President Vladimir Putin "has given orders to commit crimes. It's not just to demilitarize Ukraine or defeat the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but now cities of peaceful civilians are being destroyed."
"The crimes that we committed; we all will be judged."
These are the voices of Russian prisoners of war now held by Ukraine.
Nearly a dozen have appeared in news conferences held by the Ukrainian authorities, just a few of the 600 that Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky says have been captured.
Their public appearances may be questionable under the Geneva Conventions, which forbid states from causing unnecessary humiliation to prisoners of war. And it is possible that they felt pressure to express views sympathetic to those of their captors.
But three captured Russian air force pilots who spoke to CNN did not suggest they were speaking under duress.
CNN requested access to speak with the prisoners with the Ukrainian Interior Ministry. That request was made prior to a press conference that took place in Kyiv on Friday. CNN spoke with the three men immediately after that press conference.
CNN were the only journalists in the room and at no time did Ukrainian Security Services, who were in the room throughout, interject or direct CNN or the prisoners to ask or answer specific questions. The interview was conducted in Russian.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/15/europe/ukraine-russian-prisoners-of-war-intl/index.html
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It is apparent that Russian Army morale sucks

[C_U_L8R]

1. It's not like Russia abides to the Geneva Convention anyway.

And besides, didn't Russia say this isn't a war but some kind of Special Operation.

Whatever the crooked chiefs in Moscow think, kudos to these brave Russian soldiers
for speaking out and to their Ukrainian captors for their fair treatment.

[Igel]

2. Of course.

If I were in the Russian Army, my morale would suck.

I liked one horrible yet amusing observation. The Russian equivalents of Ebay are flooded with MREs for sale, even as the Army has none and has requested them from China.

The low point for corruption in Russia in the last 40 years was the last year or two of Eltsyn's botched term. It declined under Eltsyn, and quickly ramped up under Putin. (Appearances can be deceptive. But the gangland style gun battles in Petersburg and Moscow in the mid-late '90s was good grounds for cleaning up the worst of it.)

[Jilly_in_VA]

3. I wonder how bad Russian MREs taste

I don't wanna think about it.