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Painkillers to get high, he recalled, and as a result, issued nonsensical orders. morale was terrible. sergei was wounded by a grenade before surrendering to ukrainian troops. he was a contract soldier, not a convict. he completed his six-month contract in kherson and went home. but when he hesitated to sign another contract, a military prosecutor gave him a choice. prison or back to the front. he ended up outside bakhmut under constant ukrainian fire. discipline collapsed. officers fled. all il...

Troops. he was a contract soldier, not a convict. he completed his six-month contract in kherson and went home. but when he hesitated to sign another contract, a military prosecutor gave him a choice, prison or back to the front. he ended up outside bakhmut under constant ukrainian fire, discipline collapsed, the officers fled. all illusions were chattered. it was very different from what i saw on tv, a parallel reality, says sergei. i felt fear, pain and disappointment in my commanders. a law p...

A parallel realities says saturday. i felt fear, pain, and disappointment in my commanders. a law passed last year in russia imposed sentences of 3 to 10 years for soldiers who surrender voluntarily. if he returns home in a prisoner exchange, anton may end up again back in a russian prison. the problem in the case of anton and the other contract soldier is when these exchanges take place, the russians arent interested in these men who are essentially the meat in the meatgrinder of the war here. ...

Their stories. slava, also serving time for drugs, set conditions in the trenches were grim. >> translator: food was scarce, we didnt have medical kits, he says. his commanders took all the painkillers to get high, he recalled and as a result issued nonsensical orders. morale was terrible. sergei was wounded by a grenade before surrendering to ukrainian troops. he was a contract soldier, not a conflict. he completed his six month contract and went home. but, when he hesitated to sign another con...