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  • Russian Troops Flee Ukraine, Order Taxi to Take Them 300 Miles Back Home

    01/18/2023 12:06:20 PM PST · by dennisw · 34 replies
    MSN-Newsweek ^ | Jan 8 | Isabel van Brugen
    Eight mobilized Russian soldiers fled the front lines in Ukraine and ordered a cab to take them 300 miles back home, are now facing desertion charges. The men, who were conscripted in Russia's Kaliningrad region under President Vladimir Putin's partial mobilization order, face up to 15 years in jail after being charged with "armed desertion in wartime." The serviceman who organized their escape in December is Junior Sergeant Yevgeny Kravchenko, who has been arrested by a garrison military court, according to the Russian newspaper Kommersant. The others who fled with him from a training camp in Ukraine's Luhansk region are...