Families Of Detained Russian Soldiers Plead For Information

Thursday, August 28 , 2014 - 16:43 (EET) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

Ukraine’s security services are reported to be holding 10 Russian paratroopers who were captured on Ukrainian territory in recent days. The soldiers, all from a unit based in Kostroma, Russia, have said in filmed statements that they did not know they were being sent into Ukraine. RFE/RL’s Russian Service spoke to the soldiers’ relatives in Kostroma, who said that they have received very little information about the men’s situation. …read more

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