Ukraine's state security agency has released a video purporting to show a captured Russian army officer appealing to President Vladimir Putin for help securing his release.
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Residents of Kurdyumivka look at an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian forces destroyed by pro-Russian separatists with Russian Krasnopol guided shells after shelling on Aug. 2, 2015, in the village of Kurdyumivka, Donetsk Oblast.