December 10, 2024

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Russian soldiers refuse to fight – and are arrested anyway

The war in Ukraine has been going on for almost five months. Russian President Vladimir Putin, 69, sent thousands of soldiers into battle. But now the motivation and combat morale of Russian soldiers is falling more and more. Many of them are ending their contracts and want to go home soon. But it doesn’t work that easily.

17 Russian soldiers who refused to continue fighting in Ukraine and resigned three weeks ago are still being held in the Luhansk region. The head of the legal department of the “Free Buryatia” foundation, lawyer Andrey Rinchino, says in an interview with the portal. “Mediazona”.