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| MOSCOW — Interviews this week with captured Russian soldiers in Ukraine, as well as news reports in independent Russian newspapers about the burials of two paratroopers killed in combat, are raising new questions among Russians about the extent of their country’s military involvement in Ukraine. | MOSCOW — Interviews this week with captured Russian soldiers in Ukraine, as well as news reports in independent Russian newspapers about the burials of two paratroopers killed in combat, are raising new questions among Russians about the extent of their country’s military involvement in Ukraine. |
| In Kostroma, a town about 210 miles northeast of Moscow, the relatives of the 10 soldiers interviewed on television in Ukraine and others from the unit exhibited some of the confusion in Russia about the situation. | |
| Dozens of women gathered at the checkpoint of the 331st Airborne Regiment outside the town, seeking answers about the fate of their loved ones. They were ushered inside for a brief meeting but were basically told that negotiations were continuing. | Dozens of women gathered at the checkpoint of the 331st Airborne Regiment outside the town, seeking answers about the fate of their loved ones. They were ushered inside for a brief meeting but were basically told that negotiations were continuing. |
| “The only thing I can do now is to hope that our leadership will do something,” said Yekaterina Berdova, 24, the companion of one of the captured men. Most of the families seemed to accept the explanation that the soldiers were lost and not deployed intentionally when they were captured. | “The only thing I can do now is to hope that our leadership will do something,” said Yekaterina Berdova, 24, the companion of one of the captured men. Most of the families seemed to accept the explanation that the soldiers were lost and not deployed intentionally when they were captured. |
| Some families later gathered in a basement office, when a few paratroopers called their families for the first time since their capture. In separate telephone conversations, the soldiers said that they were being treated well. Some mothers wept. | Some families later gathered in a basement office, when a few paratroopers called their families for the first time since their capture. In separate telephone conversations, the soldiers said that they were being treated well. Some mothers wept. |
| “I don’t really know what to do,” said Olga Goreva, the mother of Yegor Pochtoyev, one of the soldiers. Her son gave her a Ukrainian number to call and talk about his release. She tried, but the phone was switched off. That prompted a heated debate, with some saying they should try to send a text message, and others saying that it could be a fraud organized by Ukrainians. | “I don’t really know what to do,” said Olga Goreva, the mother of Yegor Pochtoyev, one of the soldiers. Her son gave her a Ukrainian number to call and talk about his release. She tried, but the phone was switched off. That prompted a heated debate, with some saying they should try to send a text message, and others saying that it could be a fraud organized by Ukrainians. |