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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Ryan Merrifield

Putin betrayed us and threw us into war like dogs without training, says POW

Russian soldiers are treated "like dogs" and receive no training, a prisoner of war claims.

A private referred to only as Vadim, who was captured in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and taken to a camp in Dnipro, described most of his commanders as heartless "jackals".

The 26-year-old feels betrayed and said to speak in such a way about his country's military would be a crime back home.

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