Had their guns taken off them and were put under armed guard. sergei travelled to the front line in ukraine to try to secure his son s release. eventually, stas was sent back to russia, and revealed the full drama of his detention how russian soldiers had tried to force him to fight. they beat him and then they took him outside as if they were going to shoot him. they made him lie on the ground and told him to count to ten. he refused, so they beat him over the head several times with a pistol. he told me his face was covered in blood and then they took him into a room and told him, you re coming with us otherwise we will kill you. but someone there said, i ll take him to work in the storeroom. and there are other stories. these mobilised russian troops were locked in a cellar after they said they won t go back into battle. basements turned into dungeons for those who don t want to fight.
Others who refused had their guns taken off them and were put under armed guard. sergei travelled to the front line in ukraine to try to secure his son s release. eventually, stas was sent back to russia, and revealed the full drama of his detention how russian soldiers had tried to force him to fight. they beat him and then they took him outside as if they were going to shoot him. they made him lie on the ground and told him to count to ten. he refused, so they beat him over the head several times with a pistol. he told me his face was covered in blood and then they took him into a room and told him, you re coming with us otherwise we will kill you. but someone there said, i ll take him to work in the storeroom. and there are other stories. these mobilised russian troops were locked in a cellar after they said they won t go back into battle. basements turned into dungeons for those who don t want to fight.
Deployed to ukraine, his son refused to fight. he told me it was a difficult decision for him to take, i told him, better to take it. this is not our war. it s not a war of liberation. i will put that in writing, that i refuse to fight, he said. he and several others who refused had their guns taken off them and were put under armed guard. sergei travelled to the front line in ukraine to try to secure his son s release. eventually, stas was sent back to russia, and revealed the full drama of his detention how russian soldiers had tried to force him to fight. they beat him and then they took him outside as if they were going to shoot him. they made him lie on the ground and told him to count to ten. he refused, so they beat him over the head several times with a pistol. he told me his face was covered in blood and then they took him into a room and told him,
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Of reservists being called up, russia is no longer advancing in any meaningful way on the battlefield. president putin insists that russian soldiers on the ground are as he describes it fighting brilliantly and he calls them heroes . but there are some who refuse to fight. we ve heard testimony from servicemen, relatives and activists which suggests that some of them have been subjected to mistreatment, threats and even violence to try to force them back to the frontline. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has been listening to some of their stories. the official view from the kremlin is that russians believe their war in ukraine is a noble cause. one they are ready to die for. but after ten months of fighting, not all the soldiers think that. sergei has agreed to tell me about his son, stas, an army officer. we have changed their names to protect their identities.
The official view from the kremlin is that russians believe their war in ukraine is a noble cause. 0ne they are ready to die for. but after ten months of fighting, not all the soldiers think that. sergei has agreed to tell me about his son, stas, an army officer. we have changed their names to protect their identities. deployed to ukraine, his son refused to fight. he told me it was a difficult decision for him to take, i told him, better to take it. this is not our war. it s not a war of liberation. i will put that in writing, that i refuse to fight, he said. he and several others who refused had their guns taken off them and were put under armed guard. sergei travelled to the front line in ukraine to try to secure his son s release.
But after ten months of fighting, not all the soldiers think that. sergei has agreed to tell me about his son, stas, an army officer. we have changed their names to protect their identities. deployed to ukraine, his son refused to fight. he told me it was a difficult decision for him to take, i told him, better to take it. this is not our war. it s not a war of liberation. i will put that in writing, that i refuse to fight, he said. he and several others who refused had their guns taken off them and were put under armed guard. sergei travelled to the front line in ukraine to try to secure his son s release. eventually, stas was sent back to russia, and revealed the full drama of his detention how russian soldiers had tried to force him to fight.
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