Inside Ukraine’s PoW camp holding Putin’s brainwashed soldiers | Firsthand

Warning: contains references to suicide and torture.

After negotiating with authorities in Kyiv, The Telegraph was given access to a PoW camp in western Ukraine.

Deep in western Ukraine, captured Russian troops tell The Telegraph about life on the front line and their longing to return home

Join Dominic Nicholls and step through the camp gates to hear how ordinary men cope with war and the choices they made, or believe were made for them.

Read the full article here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/28/inside-prisoner-war-camp-ukraine-russia-putin/

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00:00 Inside a PoW camp
02:10 Young Russian soldiers speak out
04:10 Death or home
04:19 "I promised my mother I would return"
05:40 the war 'is Europe's fault'
06:15 Alexander
07:30 No regret
09:00 Captured by the Russians
10:26 "I am alive"
11:20 Surviving hell

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