Footage of a Russian soldier captured by Ukrainian armed forces shows him sobbing as he tells his mother what Putin's invasion forces are doing to the country.
In the video, he begs his mother to spread word about what's really happening with Putin's attacks on Ukraine and spoke of the destruction of schools and hospitals.
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Per the Daily Mail, the soldier rocks back and forth while facetiming with his mother and asks her to spread the truth – that 'life has been peaceful here' before Putin's invasion to as many people as she can.
Several videos showing Russian prisoners of war saying they had no idea they were going to invade Ukraine have appeared online.
Ukraine's defence ministry has asked Russian mothers to come and collect their sons who have been taken prisoner while invading.
They have said that if Russian mothers come to Kyiv, they will release prisoners taken thus far in Putin's invasion.
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A hotline has also been set up to allow Russian families to call Ukraine and find out whether their relatives have been captured or killed.
The truth about the war is difficult to spread in Russia, as Reuters reports that Putin has blocked access to several foreign news websites including the BBC, and is clamping down on what the Kremlin deems to be 'fake news'.
According to iNews, Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor has ordered media channels in the country to get rid of reports calling Putin's invasion of Ukraine an 'assault, invasion, or declaration of war', despite it being all of these things.
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The Russian parliament recently passed a bill to bring in jail sentences of up to 15 years for spreading 'fake' information about the war and the armed forces.
Putin's government insists their invasion is a 'special military operation' with the objective to disarm Ukraine and render them unable to pose a risk to Russian security.
There have been protests in the streets of Russian cities against Putin's invasion of Ukraine, with iNews reporting that more than 7,000 have been detained by the police and often held without access to lawyers.
Meanwhile, the BBC has said millions of Russians are turning to its Russian language website to learn the truth about the invasion of Ukraine.
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Joe Harker