Morale collapses among Russia's troops: Putin's soldiers shot comrades who refused to open fire on civilians and so many are deserting they have been threatened with seven years in jail, POWs claim

Daily Mail UK ^ | March 8, 2022 | Elmira Tanatarova

[Morgana]

A captured Russian soldier has described how he was shot at and his comrade killed after fellow troops opened fire on them when they tried to protect Ukrainian civilians.

In a video, the POW described how he and a lieutenant tried to save a woman in her 20s, and her mother, after Russian soldiers were given orders to fire on civilians on February 24 in Kharkiv.

In the clip, the captured soldier claimed he was shot in the foot, and the lieutenant killed, when other troops realised the pair weren't shooting at civilians.

It comes as a separate video showed a POW describing how 'many' Russian troops are fleeing the war - despite warnings from above that they face seven years in jail for desertion. In the first video, the soldier describes how people started hiding when Russian troops opened fire.

'Then your (Ukrainian) forces began to shoot at ours. And then, while ours were being shot at, me and my lieutenant were helping civilians.'

He said the two men 'decision to save civilians, Ukrainian civilians'.

Speaking about the two women they helped, the soldier said: 'The lieutenant ran over to them, began to take them out of the car, shouting "come over over here".

'In about 20 minutes, they noticed me and the lieutenant were saving civilians and an order was given to shoot me and the lieutenant and the civilians.

'The lieutenant was killed, then they began shooting at the mother. She died with him too.

[roving]

You seem to have inside info. Spit it out.

[Gratia]

Idiotic propaganda.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Pro-Russian cheerleaders are rooting for losers who will absolutely lose this war and the next one they start.

Interesting since the modern day inventors of propaganda are the Russians.

[shotgun]

“The Nazis literally wanted to kill them all”

So did Stalin. He had his version of the KGB behind the troops so that if any of them tried to retreat, they would be shot.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

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[windsorknot]

Propaganda. Let’s hope it is, comrade.

[Justa]

Context for the discussion: both Ukrainians and Russians partook of cannibalism during the 30s and 40s. So now we have discussion boundaries.

[JimRed]

There is no “good guy” in this fight, so I will continue to root for the underdog. And to pray for the innocents in harm’s way.

[McGruff]

[FLT-bird]

I’m very leery of a lot of the claims made by the Daily Mail.

[NorseViking]

As of yesterday, the UN counted less than 500 civilian casualties.
It makes sense to mention that the Russian Army and LDNR militia are currently in control of 40% of Ukraine.
The rest is propaganda.

[P.O.E.]

7 years in prison? That’s right up there with putting one’s feet on some drama queen’s desk.