Appealing to Russian Maternal Love in Ukraine... "Mother, I Will Send Back Your Besieged Son"

Source=Ukraine Ministry of Defense Social Networking Service (SNS)

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyunjung] Ukraine has requested the parents of Russian soldiers captured on the battlefield to come and take their children back. Instead of violent measures such as detaining them, Ukraine is attempting a more peaceful resolution through handover, aiming to weaken support for the invasion within Russia.

According to major foreign media on the 2nd (local time), Ukraine announced in a statement that "it has decided to hand over the captured Russian soldiers to their parents in Kyiv, Ukraine."

Ukraine claims that dozens of Russian soldiers were captured alive in Kyiv just a week after Russia's invasion, and videos of young Russian soldiers in uniform being disarmed are spreading online.

Kyiv has opened a telephone hotline for Russian parents to check on the survival status of their children, reportedly weakening Russian support for the invasion, foreign media reported. Through the hotline, Ukraine first confirms that the children are held captive, then informs the parents that they must come to Kyiv to retrieve their children. Regarding how to travel to Kyiv after Russia's invasion and airspace closure, Ukraine advised traveling to Kaliningrad or Minsk, then taking a bus or taxi to the Polish border, and finally coming to a Ukrainian checkpoint to be escorted to Kyiv.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized, "You can meet your son who has returned to Kyiv," adding, "Unlike Putin's fascists, we Ukrainians are not waging war against mothers and their captured children."

Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that 498 Russian soldiers had died and 1,597 were injured in Ukraine. Igor Konashenkov, spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Defense, dismissed Ukraine's reports on Russian casualties as "uncertain information." He also stated that conscripts and cadets are not involved in operations in Ukraine.

Russia claimed that 2,870 Ukrainian soldiers have died, over 3,700 were injured, and 572 were captured by Russian forces. Ukrainian authorities have not commented on this so far.

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