KYIV: "I want to go home to my mother and father, I have been starving for days...", a Russian soldier cries as he is captured by the Ukrainian forces. The Russian soldier is less than 20 years old as he breaks down during an interrogation on the battlefield. The is not an isolated incident as there are also Russian soldiers crying at the feet of Ukrainian soldiers, requesting that they not be killed or tortured. These footage have also come out on social media.

Many of the captured soldiers say they were told they are being sent for training but were sent to the battlefield instead. Many of them do not even know how to use a weapon properly. Most of them were recruited into the army after the decision to invade Ukraine. This is one of the main reasons why Russia is not making headway as expected. They surrender at gunpoint in fear of soldiers rushing in with weapons.

The Ukrainians treated the captured Russian soldiers with dignity, even though they had come to conquer their country. Earlier, it was reported that Russian troops were running out of food and water. Hungry and exhausted, they could not even fight, so the Ukrainians easily subdued them. The Ukrainians are willing to feed the detainees after hearing their cries. They also allow them to make video calls to their relatives in Russia.

Many of the captured Russian soldiers are afraid to go back to their homeland. Their fear is that when they return home, they will be treated as enemies of the government and will be shot. So there are those who wants to move to Ukraine with family and spend the rest of their time there. They do not even like to be hear Putin's name and accused that he lied to them.

It is alleged that Russia did not even bother to accept the bodies of soldiers who died on the battlefield. The Russian military has mobile crematoriums attached to large trucks. This would allow them to burn the corpses of their fallen soldiers in a matter of minutes. This is to cover up the actual death toll of Russian soldiers.

Contrary to the expectation, Russia is facing a stronger setback in Ukraine. The Russian military is facing a major crisis, as locals took up arms, including small and large weapons. However, Russia has stepped up its offensive.