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Journalist Alika Pikhtereva interviewed the captured soldiers, who witnessed firsthand the destruction caused by a Russian S-300 missile strike on May 25. The attack damaged a central building and injured 18 people, including a critically wounded 13-year-old boy. While the teenager has been discharged from the hospital, others remain in serious condition. Communicating in Russian, as the prisoners do not understand Ukrainian, Pikhtereva learned that the men joined the Russian army under contracts motivated by financial needs such as mortgages and debts. Despite this, one prisoner admitted to f…

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