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They agreed to share their stories. this man serving time for drugs said conditions in the trenches were grim. food was scarce. we didn t have medical kits, he says. his commanders took all the painkillers to get high, he recalled. as a result, issued non-sense cal orders. morale was terrible. sergei was wounded by a grenade before sur rensurrendering to s. he completed his six-month contract in kherson and went home. when he hesitated to sign another contract, a military a military prosecutor gave him a choice, prison or back front. discipline collapsed, theoffice ....
Their stories. slava, also serving time for drugs, set conditions in the trenches were grim. translator: food was scarce, we didn t 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 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 shattered. it was very different from what i saw on tv. ....
That this has now been liberated by ukraine. these videos given to abc news by the 35th marine brigade, who ve liberated villages of the southern front near zaporizhzhia, assaulting russian lines. the land heavily mined. the resistance fierce. we met the tank crews of the 35th. sergei says, our lives are always at risk, but morale is hardened. we want to kick them out of our land and go home to our families. but while ukrainian forces make slow but steady gains, civilians continue to be attacked. a missile strike on a residential area in the northeast today injuring more than 40, including a dozen children. linsey, the ukrainians claiming more gains in their counteroffensive today, and now a russian military blogger even admitting online that russia s position in the key city of bakhmut in the east is, quote, deteriorating every day or two. linsey? linsey: ian, thank you. ....
To focus on the usual things being said at such meetings, russia s reported progress in fighting ukrainian forces. reported progress in fighting ukrainianforces. sergei reported progress in fighting ukrainian forces. sergei shoigu claimed that 920 pieces of armoured ukrainian hardware had been destroyed and that briefly, literally a couple of sentences, he dwelt on the failed mutiny, saying that russian armed forces have stayed loyal to their oath and that is why the meat failed. is why the meat failed. yevgeny pri . ozhin is why the meat failed. yevgeny prigozhin has is why the meat failed. yevgeny prigozhin has himself is why the meat failed. yevgeny prigozhin has himself put - is why the meat failed. yevgeny prigozhin has himself put out i prigozhin has himself put out another audio message. what did he say in that message? it another audio message. what did he say in that message? say in that message? it was a very short message. say in that message? it was a very short mess ....
Thanks to golo, i ve lost 27% of my body weight, and it was easy. (soft music) an influential russian blogger reports that military purge may be under way in moscow in the wake of last weekend s revolt. questions remain over the whereabouts of sergei, some say that he has been detained for questioning about what he knew. and documents shared with cnn suggest that he was a secret vip member of the wagner group. matthew chance has that story. ....