15/ "… give him a wrong diagnosis. Even those with obvious health problems are going to be sent back to the front." Medical facilities in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine seem to have been overwhelmed with the number of injured soldiers, leading to casualties going untreated.
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Wounded soldier sent back to fight despite injuries
Two days later, he was sent back into combat 'despite relentless headaches and partial loss of eyesight and hearing.' Not surprisingly, he was wounded again, suffering 'mine blast injury, cranial trauma, concussion.' This time, he was evacuated to Russia.
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Paratrooper injured, untreated due to high number of wounded
16/ Another paratrooper received a "concussion, fragmentation wound of soft tissues of the head, frostbite of the 2nd degree" but had no treatment "due to the large number of wounded".
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Inadequate treatment for psychological trauma
"They say 'there are a lot of people like you and it is just a psychological trauma, your arms and legs are intact, you can go on fighting'." They only gave him Citramon (a drug combining aspirin, caffeine and paracetamol) to treat his symptoms.
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Several complaints about the care of injured soldiers in military hospitals
Several people complained that their injured soldier relatives were being inadequately or not at all cared for in military hospitals (a theme which also appears in the intercepted phone calls translated by @wartranslated).
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Zhuravlyov: Brutality and Sanctions for War Crimes
It should be noted that Zhuravlyov has a reputation for brutality, indiscriminate attacks on civilians, and has been sanctioned as a suspected war criminal. He was reported to have been dismissed by Putin a few days ago.
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Deputy commander asks unwilling soldiers to step back, 50 refuse
4/ "Many people did not want to go [to Ukraine], and then Captain Gagiev, Deputy Battalion Commander for Military and Political Work [i.e. a zampolit], asked those who did not want to go to the cars to step back. There were about 50 of us who did not want to go."
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Menaces et insultes contre des manifestants
6/ "They talked to us and tried to persuade us to follow the column themselves, first with kind, patriotic words and then with foul language, thereby insulting us. They said we were all going to jail. The officers threatened to put us in cars and take us personally to Ukraine."
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Gagiev, Zhuravlyov and the Author Near the Border
The entire convoy had left, and Captain Gagiev, Colonel [Alexander] Zhuravlyov, Deputy Commander of the Western Military District, and I remained near the border.
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A soldier, commander of a rifle squad
3/ One soldier, the commander of a rifle squad in the 15th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment, wrote: