⚡Putin grants Trump's request to spare UKR soldiers who lay down arms

Sputnik ⚡️ Ukrainian soldiers who lay down their weapons and surrender will be guaranteed their lives and dignified treatment - Putin
After Trump’s Appeal for Thousands of Ukrainian Troops Surrounded in Collapsing Kursk Pocket, Russia’s Putin Guarantees the Lives and Dignity to Those Who Surrender.
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Previously, Putin had warned that these remaining soldiers would be treated like terrorists, which is a much lower bar than the Geneva Convention guarantees for lawful combatants.
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But after Trump strongly requested – via his envoy Steve Witkoff – that the lives of the Ukrainian troops be spared, Putin changed his mind.