Posted on 05/10/2015 1:19:05 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Edited on 05/10/2015 3:24:51 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
MOSCOW/DONETSK (Reuters) - Some Russian soldiers are quitting the army because of the conflict in Ukraine, several soldiers and human rights activists have told Reuters. Their accounts call into question the Kremlin's continued assertions that no Russian soldiers have been sent to Ukraine, and that any Russians fighting alongside rebels there are volunteers.
Evidence for Russians fighting in Ukraine – Russian army equipment found in the country, testimony from soldiers' families and from Ukrainians who say they were captured by Russian paratroopers – is abundant. Associates of Boris Nemtsov, a prominent Kremlin critic killed in February, will soon publish a report which they say will contain new evidence of the Russian military presence in Ukraine.
Until now, however, it has been extremely rare to find Russian soldiers who have fought there and are willing to talk. It is even rarer to find soldiers who have quit the army. Five soldiers who recently quit, including two who said they left rather than serve in Ukraine, have told Reuters of their experiences.
One of the five, from Moscow, said he was sent on exercises in southern Russia last year but ended up going into Ukraine in an armored convoy.
"After we crossed the border, a lieutenant colonel said we could be sent to jail if we didn't fulfil orders. Some soldiers refused to stay there," said the soldier, who served with the elite Russian Kantemirovskaya tank division. He gave Reuters his full name but spoke on condition of anonymity, saying he feared reprisals.
He said he knew two soldiers who refused to stay. "They were taken somewhere. The lieutenant colonel said criminal cases were opened against them but in reality – we called them afterwards – they were at home. They just quit."
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Hey, how about you donate 5 bucks for every anti-semitic Russian website you read to prove that Putin is fighting a Nazi army in Ukraine?
You're a shameful liar.
West pointer shot and killed in Donetsk while fighting for Ukrainian government has hinted how incompetent and Soviet the Ukrainian command is. Just prior to his death. I would believe reports of barrier companies in light of this.
And if you would read more carefully I haven’t attacked any idea here.
Goes to show it doesn't take much to leave something like 4 to 5 thousand Russian "rebels" dead.
And if you would read more carefully I haven’t attacked any idea here.
You compared the article to absurd propaganda. You are a slimy little Russkie.
Lol!
Most FReepers could produce a list of their own posts criticizing Obama in a matter of minutes. 1rudebot...not so much.
Why don’t you ask one of your alter egos for help?
If you can't find my posts that are critical of Obama I'd happy to let you know that I take requests!
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Anyone denying or deflecting that Russian invasion forces are in Ukraine is hardly worth your time to debate, they are A) liars, B) dumber than a bottle of vodka, C) Russian trolls, D) enemies of free people everywhere, E) all of the above.
Wolverines!
Over Ukraine?
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