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I posted this before but found it amazing!

1. More Russian Soldiers Refuse To Fight In Ukraine: ‘They Couldn’t Force Me’
https://www.ibtimes.com/more-russian-soldiers-refuse-fight-ukraine-they-couldnt-force-me-3505656

Excerpt: Dmitri’s unit pulled out but was later told they would again be deployed to Ukraine in early April. At the time, he said many soldiers in his brigade said they did not want to return. Along with eight other soldiers, Dmitri told his commanders that they did not want to rejoin the war. He was soon transferred to Belgorod, where he expects to be stationed until the end of his contract.

“I have served for five years in the army. My contract ends in June. I will serve my remaining time and then I am out of here,” he told The Guardian. “I have nothing to be ashamed of. We aren’t officially in a state of war, so they could not force me to go.”

Dmitri’s refusal to fight in the war is the latest in a series of reports of Russian soldiers disobeying orders from Russian leaders to go to the battlefield as the Kremlin continuously refuses to call the invasion a war, preferring instead to call it a “special military operation.”

Ukraine’s Security Service in early May released a recording of an intercepted phone call where one Russian soldier was heard saying their unit blew up their own tanks as part of an attempt to avoid fighting in the war.”

2. A Russian soldier said he will quit the army because there is no point in fighting in Ukraine: report
https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-soldier-refuses-to-go-ukraine-wants-quit-army-report-2022-5?op=1

3. Russian Soldier Looking Into Self-Harm To Escape Ukraine War, Intercepted Call Reveals
https://www.ibtimes.com/russian-soldier-looking-self-harm-escape-ukraine-war-intercepted-call-reveals-3491096

4. 5,000 Russian Soldiers Riot, Refuse to Go to Ukraine
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/2/27/2082677/-5-000-Russian-Soldiers-Riot-Refuse-to-Go-to-Ukraine

“OBOZREVATEL is reporting that 5,000 contract servicemen -not conscripts, professional soldiers- rioted in the Belgorod region of Russia, which is right across the border from the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
About 5,000 contract soldiers, who were hastily collected to be sent to Ukraine, refused to go to fight for Putin on the territory of our state.

Formally, the rebellious contractors argue their refusal to participate in hostilities in Ukraine by the fact that this is not provided for in their contracts.”