13 minutes ago60 Russian parachutists refuse to fight in Ukraine: They Can Face Prison
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)About 60 Russian paratroopers have organised a uprising and have refused to fight in Ukraine, local reports say. The men, who were from Pskov's main air force headquarters in northern Russia, can now face prison sentences for disobedience. The rejecters ' troops had moved to Belarus as part of the invading force, [...]
About 60 Russian paratroopers have organised a uprising and have refused to fight in Ukraine, local reports say.
The men, who were from Pskov's main air force headquarters in northern Russia, can now face prison sentences for disobedience.
The rejecters' troops had moved to Belarus as part of the occupation force, but after their uprising were sent back to their base in Pskov.
Some have been fired and called Africans, while others will face the Russian equivalent of a military court with possible prison sentences, broadcast the Daily Mail.
Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu is reportedly sending one of his deputies to Pskov to handle disobedience.
Ukraine claimed the troops were elite parachutists, but this has not yet been confirmed, even though Pskov is a key headquarters of Russia's most elite air force.
The Russian opposition newspaper Pskovskaya Guberniya reported: “around 60 soldiers from Pskov refused to go to war on Ukrainian territory, according to our sources.
After the early days of the war, they were first brought to the Republic of Belarus and later returned to their base in Pskov.
Men, who were from the main headquarters of the Pskov Air Force in northern Russia, can now face prison sentences for disobedience
“Most of them are currently being fired, but some are threatened with criminal cases. ”
It's the last case from several cases of Russian troops that refuse to obey Vladimir Putin's orders to invade Ukraine and identify the country.
A former Russian soldier captive by Pskov, Vladimir Safronov, 23, told his Ukrainian investigators of ration problems and how his officers were robbing the civilian population.
Things are bad with food, we're constantly saving it. Very often we have a situation that a one - person ration is divided between two persons. We're eating mostly what we find inside the houses. There's a lot of robbery, I've personally seen it. I didn't support him, it was mostly the senior sergeants and the commander who did it... I saw civilians hiding, people who were unable to evacuate, who lived in constant fear. I felt terribly sorry for them, it was frightening to find”, he said.
Previous reports said the elite troops of the Khakassia Special Forces OMON had refused to fight. On another occasion, troops from the informal state of South Ossetia reportedly returned to their homes after refusing to participate in the hostilities in Ukraine.
