Many Russian occupiers are so exhausted by the war they themselves unleashed that sometimes they are even relieved to be captured by Ukrainian forces.

This was stated by a fighter of the “Forpost” brigade with the call sign “Telik”, in an interview published on Sunday, March 15, by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

According to the Ukrainian defender, since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion he has seen dozens of enemy prisoners.

He says that when some occupiers fall into the hands of Ukraine’s Defense Forces, they do not even attempt to resist because they are already completely demoralized.

“I think they have only one thought: ‘Thank God I’m alive’. Because prisoners often say they were sent into assault under gunpoint or with threats to their lives.

If they refuse to attack, they are killed immediately.

Our fighters treat prisoners properly. There is none of the brutality that they show toward our guys”, — Telik said.

Captured soldiers themselves also admit they did not expect such treatment from Ukrainian troops.