Wounded Ukrainian pilot captured by Russians, used in a propaganda video
Valentyna Romanenko – Thursday, 3 March 2022, 22:22
A graduate of the Kharkiv National University of Aviation has been captured by Russian troops. Ukraine will make every effort to free him.
Source: spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yury Ignat, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda
Details: Russian propagandists recorded a video with the wounded soldier of the 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade in which he talks about executing combat missions, how he was shot down, and how the Russian occupiers "treat" him well.
On camera, he echoes the [Russian] propaganda mantra of a "single Slavic people" and says that people are "getting fed up with nationalist news about the inhuman Russian troops."
The spokesman for the Air Force Command noted that Russia has resorted to similar tactics for a long time– at least since 2014.
Quote: "We know for sure that this guy [the captured soldier] is a patriot. It is clear that he had to say those things for the video under his captors’ threat. We will do everything we can to bring this guy home."
