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Russian soldiers drafted to fight in Ukraine say they have no ammo, no commanders, and don’t know what they are doing on the battlefield.
The claim came from a six recently-drafted men in a video circulated on Telegram, which featured in a report by the independent Russian outlet The Insider.
(The Insider is a Russian news outlet and has no affiliation with Insider.)
In the footage complained directly to the Russian Ministry of Defense about their lack of direction and equipment.
The group, per the report, said they were from Russia’s Krasnodar region and had been called up towards the beginning of the mobilization announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 21.
After training, the men said, « it turns out that we’re somewhere in the fields of Ukraine and they just threw us out into the field like dogs, » according to The Insider.
