Posted on 08/28/2014 10:57:01 AM PDT by Grzegorz 246
MOSCOW (Reuters) - More than 100 Russian soldiers were killed in eastern Ukraine in a battle this month while helping pro-Russian separatists fight Ukrainian troops, two members of the Russian presidential human rights council said on Thursday, citing accounts of eye-witness and relatives of the dead.
Ella Polyakova and Sergei Krivenko, both members of the council, said around 300 people were also injured in the violence on Aug. 13 near the town of Snizhnye in Donetsk Province, when a column of trucks full of ammunition they were driving was hit by a sustained volley of Grad missiles.
"A column of Russian soldiers was attacked by Grad rockets and more 100 people died. It all happened in the city of Snizhnye in Donetsk Province," said Krivenko speaking by telephone. Polyakova said she had also been given the same figure, of more than 100, for the number of Russian soldiers killed in the attack.
Meant to provide this link with those last comments.
I wonder how many draftees just went home as soon as no one was looking? I doubt Kiev has the resources to go after draft dodgers or those that signed up to fight then changed their minds when shelled with grads for the first time?
I saw something yesterday that said Kiev has started 1,000+ criminal cases for Desertion, failure to report for conscription, etc.
What about the crap ?
I am sure lack of field sanitation also caused many draftees to go home. No need to live like that and get shot at! :)
Using your "take" on things, then the only people who ever see their country invaded are people who want to have their country invaded.
Your take is ironic.
You mean use them to fertilize the soil... ?
Is that some sort of Nazi reference? Using humans to fertilize soil?
No idea, I’m asking you...
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