"Some of them were told: 'We'll shoot you right here,' 'We don't need you, you're decommissioned, you're meat,' some [of the military police] tried to lock them in a pit without food or water," says Taisiya.
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Survivants russes fuient sous les tirs
8/ "My husband spent 15 hours under fire, they had nothing but automatic rifles against tanks. They started to run away." The surviving mobilised men retreated and managed to get to the nearest checkpoint, where they were met by military police.
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Wife of a mobilized Russian recounts her ordeal
"Without proper training (just 11 days in a preparatory center), without provisions (7 days without food or water), and without weapons or equipment," writes Natalia Skvortsova, wife of a mobilized man.
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Mobilized Russians report ‘hell’ on the front line since November 1
4/ Other mobiks fled to a rear area after surviving a Ukrainian assault. Astra reports what the relatives have told them: "[The mobilised] have been 'in hell' since November 1. "Ordinary mobilised have been sent at gunpoint to the front line.
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Group of soldiers surrenders near Svatove, November 7
3/ A large group of these men surrendered to the Ukrainians near Svatove on 7 November. In a video, they say their officers "threw them out to slaughter" and were the first to flee when the shelling started.pic.twitter.com/fukPuQFeaM
— ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) 13 novembre 2022A large group of these men surrendered to the Ukrainians near Svatove on 7 November. In a video, they say their officers 'threw them out to slaughter' and were the first to flee when the shelling started.
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Tula mobilized men sent to Ukraine via Mulino
The independent Astra media collective reports that the mobilized men are from Tula, about 195 km (120 miles) south of Moscow. They were recruited into the '9th regiment' (no further details) at the Mulino training range before being sent to Ukraine.
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Mobilised Russian soldiers sent to the front under threat
Mobilised Russian soldiers were sent to the front line at gunpoint near Svatove before being defeated and fleeing. They have been told by their commanders, "You are decommissioned material, if you don't go [back] there, we will shoot you," according to relatives.
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Abandonment of Oblasts, Criticism in Moscow, End of Novorossiya
46% of the oblasts and now he abandons yet another significant piece. Moreover, public criticism is starting to circulate in Moscow, which is new. The Russian narrative of a Novorossiya that would extend to Odessa has been abandoned for a long time.
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New Ukrainian success but political setback for Putin
45/ So here is a new Ukrainian success, certainly celebrated in Kyiv but without the pride that prevailed after Izyum. As if it were good news but not really a victory. The political setback is obvious for VVP: six weeks ago he announced the annexation
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Negotiation on the Kherson pocket for orderly Russian withdrawal
43/ B/ Negotiation related to the sole Kherson pocket to allow the Russians to leave in good order. The Ukrainians would benefit because it gives them back territory without having to conquer it, while they have not succeeded for several weeks. Possible.