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Efrem Lukatsky

Russian captured in eastern Ukraine says he is fine

Alexander Alexandrov, who says he is a sergeant with the Russian special forces from the Volga River city of Togliatti, lies in a military hospital bed, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May, 19, 2015. Two wounded Russian soldiers captured while fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine have been transferred to a hospital in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Monday as Moscow once again firmly denied any involvement in the fighting. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Efrem Lukatsky

Russian captured in eastern Ukraine says he is fine

Captain Yevgeny Yerofeyev of the Russian special forces lies in a military hospital bed, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May, 19, 2015. Two wounded Russian soldiers captured while fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine have been transferred to a hospital in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Monday as Moscow once again firmly denied any involvement in the fighting. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Efrem Lukatsky

Russian captured in eastern Ukraine says he is fine

Captain Yevgeny Yerofeyev of the Russian special forces covers his face by his hand as he lies in a military hospital bed, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May, 19, 2015. Two wounded Russian soldiers captured while fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine have been transferred to a hospital in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Monday as Moscow once again firmly denied any involvement in the fighting. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Efrem Lukatsky

Russian captured in eastern Ukraine says he is fine

Alexander Alexandrov, who says he is a sergeant with the Russian special forces from the Volga River city of Togliatti, lies in a military hospital bed, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May, 19, 2015. Two wounded Russian soldiers captured while fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine have been transferred to a hospital in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Monday as Moscow once again firmly denied any involvement in the fighting. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Sergei Chuzavkov

Russians captured in Ukraine send messages back home

Reporters look at the TV screen showing Alexander Alexandrov, a Russian Army soldier who was captured by Ukrainian military near the front line town of Shchastia in the Luhansk region, before a press conference in General Staff of Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 18, 2015. Two wounded Russian soldiers captured while fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine have been transferred to a hospital in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Monday as Moscow once again firmly denied any involvement in the fighting. The Russians were wounded and taken prisoner Saturday near the front line town of Shchastia in the separatist Luhansk region, Ukrainian officials reported. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Efrem Lukatsky

Russians captured in Ukraine send messages back home

Captain Yevgeny Yerofeyev of the Russian special forces lies in a military hospital bed, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May, 19, 2015. Two wounded Russian soldiers captured while fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine have been transferred to a hospital in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Monday as Moscow once again firmly denied any involvement in the fighting. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Posted: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 2:29 pm
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Russians captured in Ukraine send messages back home

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Lonely and hurting, two men lie in narrow beds in a Kyiv hospital as controversy swirls around them.

The men say they are Russian soldiers who were captured and wounded while on active duty in the rebellious east, Ukrainian authorities say they are definitive proof that Russia is at war in Ukraine, and Moscow hotly denies the claims.

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