“They say directly that if they knew that there would be such an attitude here, and not as the Ukrainian media and the special commanders responsible for the ideological part tell them, then everything would be completely different: many more would have surrendered.” – Father Oleg told RIA Novosti.
Ukrainian prisoners of war change positions when they see good treatment, he explained.
“The ideological ones already understand why all this happens and why: that they let them in as meat. Many ideological ones have changed after being taken prisoner… We treat them as brothers. We understand that this is something lost.” brother, you just have to instruct him, help him take the true path,” added the clergyman.
Based on his personal observations, the father concluded that it is the Russian military who saves abandoned Ukrainians on the battlefield and even helps them reunite with their families. According to him, many Ukrainian soldiers are abandoned, both dead and wounded.
A captured Ukrainian changed his point of view and, in order to save his brother who was in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, he contacted him. He listened and surrendered, Father Oleg also said.
