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Video shows four Ukrainian POWs rescued by their own side after Russian capture in Donetsk

The Zioneer Intelligence Desk
Video shows four Ukrainian POWs rescued by their own side after Russian capture in Donetsk

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TL;DR

A video dated February 2 and posted Tuesday reportedly shows four Ukrainian soldiers captured by Russian infantry near the village of Khryshyn, Donetsk Oblast. Moments later, a Russian escort group was spotted by Ukrainian forces, who struck the captors with an available aerial vehicle, allowing the four POWs to escape the battlefield.

01 · THE DISPATCH

A single source posted a video dated February 2, accompanied by a description of a Ukrainian POW rescue near Khryshyn in the Donetsk region. According to the report, four Ukrainian soldiers were captured by Russian infantry during an assault, but were freed when their captors were struck by a Ukrainian aerial vehicle enabling the POWs to flee. The event dates to a February battlefield incident and was posted Tuesday. No further details, verification, or source attribution beyond the single channel are available.

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