14/ The worried relatives had no further contact and demanded answers about their loved ones' fate. They were told that by a political officer that “everything is fine and the guys returned to duty” as part of the 57th brigade, though further details weren't provided.
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Volkov withdraws fighters, detained by own side after death order
9/ They told him to go there anyway, they sent him to certain death. He decided to withdraw the fighters who survived and refuse to carry out this order." Volkov and his men made it to Russian-held Khakovka, where they were detained by their own side.
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Another officer returned from the front
8/ Another officer, Dmitry Volkov, emerged from a battle on the Kherson front with only '7 fighters out of 30 left.' Despite these losses, he was immediately sent back. 'He said that he had no one to fight with, they had no ammunition, the equipment was out of order.'
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Un lieutenant russe raconte ses encerclements en Ukraine
4/ One of the five, Senior Lieutenant Ruslan Levanov, told his mother that after arriving in Ukraine in June, he and his men had already been encircled twice, "went out, withdrew personnel, then went into battle again, came out with losses and refused to repeat the move."
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Testimonies of prisoners in LNR
Their last message to their relatives said: "We were taken to an abandoned building in the LNR, brought down to the basement, guarded, it was damp, there was nowhere to sleep—just a bare floor, no food or water—and we were told to stay there until further notice."
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Case of five soldiers refusing combat in Ukraine
2/ The independent Russian media outlet ASTRA reports on the cases of the five, who all served separately in different parts of Ukraine before being imprisoned in a basement in Brianka in the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) after refusing to participate further in hostilities.
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Russian officers imprisoned after refusing suicidal orders in Ukraine
1/ Several Russian officers who refused orders to carry out suicidal attacks in Ukraine were imprisoned by their own side in July 2022. Their relatives have heard nothing from them since. Now they are trying to discover what has happened to them.
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140 Ukrainian defenders released in 35th prisoner exchange
On New Year's Eve, 140 #UkrainianDefenders were released from enemy captivity through the war prisoner #exchange.
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) 1 janvier 2023
It is the 35th exchange prepared by the Ukrainian Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. pic.twitter.com/uobzLDnF56On New Year's Eve, 140 #UkrainianDefenders were released from enemy captivity through the war prisoner #exchange. It is the 35th exchange prepared by the Ukrainian Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
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Vestiges of the 1st Special Brigade attack
GeoConfirmed UKR.
— GeoConfirmed (@GeoConfirmed) 1 janvier 2023
"Wild Field battalion ("Dyke Pole") of the 1st Separate Special Purpose Brigade shelling Russian positions."
49.142695, 38.082384
west of Chervonopopivka, Luhansk Oblast
GeoLocated by @blinzka https://t.co/dczhWYGcWxGeoConfirmed UKR. "Wild Field battalion ("Dyke Pole") of the 1st Separate Special Purpose Brigade shelling Russian positions." 49.142695, 38.082384 west of Chervonopopivka, Luhansk Oblast GeoLocated by @blinzka
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Artillery strike hits commercial, residential building, and road in Donetsk
GeoConfirmed UKR.
— GeoConfirmed (@GeoConfirmed) 1 janvier 2023
"Artillery strike hits commercial and residential building and road on Artema St Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast. Next to 17 Coffee "Библиотека" (coffee shop)"
48.007772, 37.804642
GeoLocated by @Cosmonaut19 https://t.co/K2m3WHdBEPGeoConfirmed UKR. "Artillery strike hits commercial and residential building and road on Artema St Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast. Next to 17 Coffee "Библиотека" (coffee shop)" 48.007772, 37.804642 GeoLocated by @Cosmonaut19