probably just that they were treated decently by the Russian military.
This sort of thing was common in the Vietnam War too. North Vietnamese POWs would usually be killed by their own government after being released by the South Vietnamese military in a prisoner exchange.
The reality was, the Hanoi commies didn't want these POWs telling their friends and family that the South Vietnamese and Americans were not, in fact, the devil incarnate. It would have gone against the socialist narrative.
probably just that they were treated decently by the Russian military.
This sort of thing was common in the Vietnam War too. North Vietnamese POWs would usually be killed by their own government after being released by the South Vietnamese military in a prisoner exchange.
The reality was, the Hanoi commies didn't want these POWs telling their friends and family that the South Vietnamese and Americans were not, in fact, the devil incarnate. It would have gone against the socialist narrative.