Ukrainian captives are tortured killed and starved regardless so I don't think your point stands. You talk about rules like Russia isn't treating the geneva convention articles like a checklist. Not to mention Russia has no right to be there in the first place. It's hard to feel bad for them when they've already raped, looted, and destroyed their way across Eastern Ukraine to even get where they are now.

Now on a human level, I do feel bad for those that are forced to the front against their will. But if you stack every one of them up against Ukrainian solders, civilians, and their very sovereignty, I'm gonna have to pick Ukraine every time.