Ukraine Gives Custody Of Jewish Russian Soldiers To Chabad Rabbi

by CrownHeights.info

When a Jewish Russian soldier was captured by Ukraine in the recent fighting in the Liman region, questions of how Jewish prisoners of war would be handled became clear. They would be given into the custody of Rabbi Asman.

The soldier, identified as a 31-year-old Private, had been recently conscripted into the Russian army and was captured after his entire company was wiped out.

After being interrogated by the Ukrainian authorities, he was placed in touch with his sister living in Israel, and the arrangement for Jewish soldiers was hammered out between the government and Rabbi Asman.