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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Pjotr Sauer

Russian soldiers accuse superiors of jailing them for refusing to fight

The Russian army and the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic on a mission in Ukraine.
The Russian army and the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic on a mission in Ukraine. Photograph: AP

A group of Russian soldiers have accused their commanders of jailing them in eastern Ukraine for refusing to take part in the war, in a rare public exposure of tensions inside the ranks of Russia’s army over the invasion.

Maxim Grebenyuk, a lawyer who runs the Moscow-based advocacy organisation Military Ombudsman, said at least four Russian soldiers had filed written complaints with the investigative committee, demanding punishment for the superiors who oversaw their detainment.

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