A wheelchair-bound Russian has reportedly been called up to fight in Ukraine as part of Vladimir Putin's shameful conscription drive.
Oleg Vasiliev, who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy, has been told to report to his local draft office, despite being barely able to move his body.
It comes as thousands of Russians flee their homeland to dodge the draft, with huge queues forming at the border.
The Kremlin is desperately trying to strengthen its forces in Ukraine after Kyiv's counter-offensive led to a series of humiliating setbacks.
But blundering officials have undermined Putin's desperate conscription drive by attempting to recruit the dead and disabled.
Russian Paralympian Dmitry Ignatov was one of those reportedly called up to fight, despite only having one leg.
The 32-year-old TV presenter lost his leg during his previous army service.
He underwent an amputation after a S-300 rocket launcher fell on him in the Russian city of Severodvinsk, according to the Ukrainian news magazine Focus.
However, it appears the Paralympian will not have to fight in Ukraine after following up on his summons, PDM News reports.
He said: "I went to the military registration and enlistment office in the morning, they checked my documents and released me. No one calls me, just checking documents and that's it."
It comes after Russian conscripts started revolting over being treated like “cattle”.
Rookie soldiers moaned that they had been given "no training" as they travelled to the frontline.
A video shows the men publicly complaining about their treatment in “brutal, absolutely appalling conditions” after they were mobilised.
The shocking footage is the latest evidence of the total chaos over the Russian call-up of reservists that has led even Kremlin cheerleaders in despair.
But it also highlights the rising dissent by the reluctant fighters who have been forced by Putin into battle against Ukraine.
The desperate recruits risk punishment by venting their fury over their plight after arriving by train in Belgorod region which borders Ukraine.
One of the soldiers acting as a spokesman for the miserable men said: “There are about 500 of us, all armed. Yet we are not registered to any military unit.
“We spent a week in brutal, absolutely appalling conditions. We had no provisions, no money - nothing at all.
“We have no clue who is going where, which military unit. Our weapons are not registered to us.
“Not a single machine gun is registered with a military ID….[against the Russian criminal code]
“The attitude from the officers is to treat us as cattle. No-one needs us, there is zero training. We eat what we buy ourselves.
“We spent an awful amount of money just to get food.”
The soldier continued to mock the weapons which the forces have been given and the ammunition which they had been issued with.
He added: “And don’t even start us about the ammunition. This is the ammunition they’ve given us. It was found lying on the ground of the military unit.”
