Ukraine’s forces will keep the information on the circumstances of voluntary surrender into captivity by Russian soldiers confidential, said Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky during his daily address to the nation yesterday, 24 September.
Screenshot of Zelensky's address
“It is better not to take a conscription letter than to die in a foreign land as a war criminal. It is better to run away from criminal mobilisation than to be crippled and then bear responsibility in the court for participating in the war of aggression. It is better to surrender to Ukrainian captivity than to be killed by the strikes of our weapons”, the Ukrainian leader said.
According to Zelensky, “Russian commanders do not care about the lives of Russians - they just need to replenish the empty spaces left by the dead, wounded, those who fled, or the Russian soldiers that were captured”.
Yesterday, 24 September, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the package of amendments to the Criminal Code of Russia that has to do with military service. Among the amendments — criminal responsibility for voluntary surrender into captivity (from three to ten years of imprisonment).
