Article 6G7R5 Ukrainian PoWs being sent to fight their own army, Russian news claims

Ukrainian PoWs being sent to fight their own army, Russian news claims

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Unverified footage from state media shows captured soldiers swearing allegiance to Russia as part of new battalion

Russia is sending Ukrainian prisoners of war to the frontlines of their homeland to fight on Moscow's side in the war, the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti has reported.

Video from RIA Novosti released on Tuesday showed the Ukrainians swearing allegiance to Russia, holding rifles and dressed in military fatigues to fight in a battalion named for medieval nobleman Bogdan Khmelnitsky, seen as a national hero in Russia for bringing parts of Ukraine under Moscow's control in the 15th century.

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