The number of Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine is a military secret, but the Ukrainian side occasionally allows the press to report on what life is like in a POW camp. Publicity can help force Russia to improve conditions for Ukrainian POWs, and might even make Russian soldiers more willing to surrender to the Ukrainian forces. We visited a camp in western Ukraine, where we had the opportunity to talk to prisoners about how and why they joined the army, what they think about the war launched by Vladimir Putin, Ukraine and about Putin’s 25 year-long reign. Some agreed to speak with us because they think as highly about Viktor Orbán as they do about the Russian, Belarusian or Turkish president.

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