Russian troops captured in Ukraine have urged their people to rise up against Vladimir Putin while warning that their fellow soldiers are being thrown in mass graves.
A group of Russian soldiers who were sent into Ukraine have spoken out against their government-during a press conference with news agency Interfax-Ukraine.
Alexei Zheleznyak, a soldier of the 34th separate motorized rifle brigade stationed in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic of Russia, surrendered to the opposing country's forces.