• calcopiritus@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Source: I’m pulling this out of my ass.

    Russians are probably telling them how bad PoW get treated by Ukrainians, so their soldiers prefer suicide to being a PoW.

    The less PoW Ukraine has, the less power they have in prisoner exchange agreements.

    • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Similar source.

      I would also question Russian ability and desire to evacuate wounded - would it be better than a slow death.

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      3 months ago

      And to believe such things, they must have an idea of what Russians are doing to their prisoners of war.

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      Nah, they don’t want to get taken prisoner because Russia has been executing their own so they do not allow themselves to be captured.

      They can kill themselves or they can go pow and fully expect to be killed when they get home.