Russian conscripts who were captured by Ukrainian forces say they were deceived into believing the war was a military training exercise and have apologised for attacking Ukraine 'like fascists'.The five Russian captives, who were all called up for military service in June 2021, spoke at a media briefing at the Ukraine Media Centre in , where they told of their shame for the .One told of how his battalion ran out of food and their equipment kept breaking just a few days into the Russian invasion, leaving them with only six tanks out of the 30 they started with.
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