In Ukraine, they are trying to “re-educate” Russian prisoners of war by telling the history of the country. This was reported by Times journalists who visited the largest Ukrainian prisoner of war camp.
According to the publication, Russian prisoners of war are awakened in the morning by the Ukrainian anthem, after which they are led to the dining room, along the way to which there are portraits of significant Ukrainian figures — Taras Shevchenko and Stepan Bandera.
As Peter Yatsenko, press secretary of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War in Ukraine, told the Times, some prisoners of war see a young Vladimir Putin in Bandera’s portrait. After breakfast, those in the camp should observe a minute of silence in memory of those killed as a result of the Russian invasion.
Prisoners of war are also given a course on the country's history «to refute Putin's claims that Ukraine is not an independent state.» As the Times article emphasizes, some prisoners of war believe that Ukraine and Russia are “one country.” “It is this neo-imperialist ideology that the camp leadership is trying to get rid of from people before they return to their homeland,” the article says.
As the publication writes, prisoners of war work six days a week, and they spend the money they earn in the camp store. According to Yatsenko, some former prisoners tried to introduce a “criminal order” in the camp, based on the principles of the prison hierarchy in Russia, but their actions were stopped.