They were promised a victorious march and a speedy return home. Instead, death or captivity and shame for involvement in crimes against humanity.

The captured conscript from Yekaterinburg calls on his compatriots to go and protest and stop this senseless war.

‘We were sent to your territory like blind kittens,’ he says in captivity. Well, hopefully, other Russians will hear his words. Because if they go to war with us - captivity for them will be the best option.

The SSU continues to document evidence for the Hague.

The aggressor will be responsible for every destroyed building, every life lost.