{"id":173915,"date":"2026-02-02T15:05:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173915\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarusian-born-pow-appeals-to-lukasenka-to-secure-his-release-from-ukrainian-captivity","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173915\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian-born POW appeals to \u0141uka\u0161enka to secure his release from Ukrainian captivity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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February 2, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Rus\u0142an Kupcarevi\u010d, a Belarusin-born war prisoner captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, has appealed to Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka to ask Russian President Vladimir Putin to secure his release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The appeal was posted by Khochu Zhit, a Ukrainian government-funded project that encourages Russians to surrender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kupcarevi\u010d, born in the village of \u010cyrvony in the Homiel region in 2001, says that he joined the Russian army in July 2025 from a prison in Russia\u2019s Surgut and was captured just two months later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 742 Belarusians joined Russian forces in the period between the start of the war in February 2022 and early 2025, Khochu Zhyt reported last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kupcarevi\u010d was captured together with U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Kar\u0142o\u016dski, a resident of Dziar\u017eynsk, Minsk region, and Viktar Ozemb\u0142o\u016dski, a Minsk resident. They served with the 136th<\/sup> Detached Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Ground Forces based in Degestan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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