24/ A woman complained that her fiancé, a contract soldier, was not being allowed to leave even though his contract was expiring: "How is it possible that a person's contract is expiring and he is taken to Ukraine right at the registration office?"

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"But instead we were fraudulently sent to Ukraine, without asking my wish, to participate in a special military operation. From the very first days, my brigade was on the front line, in a firing position. I lost all my close comrades in the fighting."

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"I am in a depressed psychological state. I am 21 years old and I really want to LIVE. My commander refuses to accept my report. I have sent my appeal to the Baltic Fleet command. What should I do in this situation?"

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Another parent wrote: "I have information that [my son's] commander is preventing conscripts from leaving and is threatening them with desertion charges. Everyone in the military unit is aware of it; they forced the children to sign contracts and forged their signatures."

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In June, Russian military prosecutors announced that they had punished a dozen officers after conscripts were illegally sent to Ukraine, suggesting the complaints may have had some effect.

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17/ But 'on arrival, the conscripts were interviewed to say that they had signed the contract themselves before leaving for the special operation' …

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11/ Some conscripts were reportedly simply told they were now contract soldiers. One soldier was taken to Valuyki in Russia the day before the invasion. He and other conscripts were told they were now 'kontraktniki', although none had signed contracts, and were sent to Ukraine.

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8/ Dmitriev signed it on the understanding that he would do two weeks' field training before being transferred to the orchestra. He ended up fighting with the airborne troops (VDV) in Ukraine and had not been heard from since 24 February.pic.twitter.com/OqpMDwsqub

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8/ Dmitriev signed it on the understanding that he would do two weeks' field training before being transferred to the orchestra. He ended up fighting with the airborne troops (VDV) in Ukraine and had not been heard from since 24 February.

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6/ "They [commanders] collected military cards from the whole military unit and wrote that they were under contract". The complainant's son "reported that their unit for unknown reasons were forced by fraud to sign a contract, explaining it as a need for field training."

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7/ Another conscript soldier, Aleksandr Vasilyevich Dmitriev, requested to sign a contract to serve in an army orchestra (he had previously studied at a musical conservatory). However, in February 2022 he was given a rifleman's contract instead.

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