Russia’s forced POW videos and Trump to address U.N. assembly: Morning Rundown

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Volodymyr Srebrodolskyy, a Ukrainian soldier with gray hair and deep wrinkles, smoked a cigarette while speaking to his Russian captor behind the camera. “I don’t want to go back there,” Srebrodolskyy said, appearing to have turned against his country. “It would be good if all of this ended quickly.”

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The video was Russian propaganda. Weeks before it was posted on Telegram, Srebrodolskyy was fighting for Ukraine on the eastern front line against the men who captured him. Now, he was following their script.

The propaganda worked. Arguments over whether Srebrodolskyy betrayed his country tore apart his hometown of Karpylivka. Some labeled him a traitor.

Srebrodolskyy died in captivity weeks after the video was shared. When his body was ready for burial this spring, some of his neighbors — believing the propaganda — threatened violence against the village mayor if he allowed Srebrodolskyy to be…

Original source: https://www.nbcnews.com/business