Leonid Paktishev is one of the captured Russian soldiers in Ukraine, and the video of the captured Russian troops has been posted on the Telegram by the Ukrainian officials.
Ukrainian officials have posted several videos in the Telegram channel “Find Your Own” of the captured Russian soldiers in Ukraine.
According to Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a Ukrainian president’s adviser, roughly 3,500 Russian soldiers have been killed or injured so far in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense established a hotline for Russian servicemen’ families named “Come Back Alive from Ukraine.” The hotline had received “hundreds of calls” since the invasion began, according to the Kyiv Independent.
Who Is Russian Soldier Leonid Paktishev In The Telegram Video?
An injured soldier identifies himself as Leonid Paktishev, the head of a sniper team based in the Rostov region, in one of the videos posted early Sunday morning on the Telegram channel “Find Your Own”, put up by Ukraine’s interior ministry.
The Guardian spoke to three family members who confirmed Paktishev’s identification and claimed they were astonished and outraged to learn that their loved one had been detained after watching the video.
Paktishev, who hails from the small town of Mezdhurechenskiy in western Siberia, claimed to be the leader of a team of three other snipers in the video.
Leonid Paktishev: Ukraine Released Captured Men
As the violent combat in Ukraine enters its fourth day, Ukrainian officials have released dozens of videos of what they claim are captured Russian soldiers and also have released the captured Russian men.
The Telegram channel, which went live on Saturday, has broadcast plenty of videos and photographs of captured Russian soldiers, sparking outrage from their relatives, who say they were surprised to learn of their loved ones’ role in the invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine has urged relatives of captured Russian soldiers to contact them and express their objections to Russia’s involvement in the conflict.
Leonid Paktishev Family
There is no detailed information disclosed about the family of Leonid Paktishev. However, the Ukrainian officials spoke to three family members of Leonid to confirm his identification.
Yelena Polivtseva, the sister of Paktishev, said that she was completely shocked and had no idea when she found out that his brother was fighting in Ukraine after she watched the video.
When asked about her brother’s role in Russia’s unjustified invasion of Ukraine, Polivtseva responded she wasn’t “qualified” to assess the judgment of Russia’s “commander-in-chief. She expressed hope, though, that the violence would come to a stop.