Russian soldiers have been pictured surrendering on the frontline to the Ukrainians rather than being forced to continue fighting as “cannon fodder” under the orders of Vladimir Putin
Wounded Russian servicemen’s appeal
New evidence has emerged that Russian troops are surrendering rather than obeying the “cannon fodder” orders of Vladimir Putin’s commanders.
A picture shows Russian soldiers stripped to their underwear, blindfolded and with their hands bound near Ocheretino in the Donetsk region. Ukrainian journalist Denis Kazansky reported: “A group of invaders refused to die in one of those cannon fodder assaults, and surrendered.”
Russian soldiers have started a new wave of protest videos to Putin over commanders insisting on throwing injured men back into fresh assaults despite heavy losses. Two brothers Evgeny and Igor Valetov told Putin that they were ordered to make a fresh attack on Vovchansk, despite being wounded.
“Everyone got wounded. Someone ran away,” Evgeny told the dictator in a video message. “I don’t know their fate. Perhaps wounded, perhaps killed. My brother and I were wounded.”
He pleaded: “We managed to give ourselves first aid and get out into the woods. The commander says that tomorrow we must go again to storm Vovchansk. But in what condition are we going to go? Everything hurts, we are all wounded and we just don’t have any strength.
“I appeal to the military prosecutor’s office, to the President of the Russian Federation [Vladimir Putin. Why send such people, all wounded and exhausted, into battle? It’s just to send them to their deaths.” Another video shows crocked Russian soldiers who also complain they are being fired back into assaults — even on crutches.
Footage of mutilated soldiers sent back to battle was too much for prominent pro-war blogger Anastasia Kashevarova. “I can’t watch our men die on crutches and remain silent,” she said. The Ukrainians would “enjoy” the images of Putin sending cripples into battle, she made clear.
She demanded: “Men on crutches and plastered limbs. What will they do on the front line?” She blamed Russian commanders for sending back the troops against doctors’ advice. The walking wounded from the 26th Armoured Regiment, 47th Division pleaded: “More than 50 of us arrived from hospitals, the remnants of three companies.
“Our command is sending us in groups to combat missions. But everyone here requires surgery and hospital treatment The documents we were given in the hospitals clearly state that we should be given leave due to wounds. We need further treatment and rehabilitation. None of this is fulfilled, on the contrary. [Wounded] servicemen are sent on combat missions.”
