Two pro-war Russian bloggers said that coffins containing the bodies of men conscripted following President Vladimir Putin's partial mobilization order were already being flown back to Russia from Ukraine.
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A Russian soldier admitted that they "shoot" drafted conscripts who attempt to flee the battlefield, according to a new recording released by Ukraine's intelligence agency Sunday.
In the recording, an unnamed Russian soldier told his wife that regular barrier troops are asked to shoot at conscripts who want to flee the war in Ukraine, adding that soldiers in his unit will also shoot their comrades if they attempt to run.
"The convicts were brought to us from a prison. They were led somewhere further forward. And we are here like barrier troops: if someone runs back, we take them out. This is how it is done here: that is, we are the second line here, guarding the first one, and there is a line behind us, too," the soldier said, according to the recording of an intercepted phone call published by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU). "You can't run there either. It's impossible to escape – our own guys will shoot us."