 Terrible confessions from Russian soldier. If I return, they will shoot me. I don't know what to do. Interviews with two Russian prisoners of war conducted by Kiev Post appear to confirm reports by Ukrainian intelligence and Western analysts that parts of the Russian army are poorly provisioned, badly motivated and generally treated as cannon fodder. One of the prisoners of war, Sergei, told Kiev Post that his unit was brought to Ukraine and told to dig trenches, but the soldiers, some straight out of prison without their own cell phones or adequate clothing, had to buy their own shovels. We had to have something to dig with, he said. They didn't give us anything. They just brought us in, threw us out in the woods and told us to dig and not to go anywhere from this strip because a drone might fly in and drop something on our heads. Sergei said that before being captured by the Ukrainians who he was told would beat him and torture him, his command informed him that he should detonate a grenade, killing himself and anyone nearby instead of surrendering. Honestly, we're fed, we bathe, we're clean, we sleep. We're all good. Sergei said of his actual experience with the armed forces of Ukraine. According to Sergei, some of his fellow captives have already finished their military contracts but haven't been allowed to go home. The captive was also critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the interview. He's got everybody around him, National Guard, Militia, military. He's our king. I don't know what else to call him. He doesn't change. Nobody votes for him. His own people vote for him as they should. He has to be removed, but how do you remove him? You think I'm the only one out there? There's a lot of us out there. Sergei said that he fears what will happen to him if he returns to Russia. They'll shoot me. I don't know what to do. Viktor, another prisoner of war interviewed by the Kiev Post, described a scenario where everyone in his unit was out for themselves. Each man is responsible for his own life, he said.