Russia Soldiers sent to Ukraine Won’t Actually Be Fighting: NYT

• According to the NYT, Russian soldiers who were drafted for the war against Ukraine were assured that they would not face combat.
• Many were killed quickly after being sent to battle without any training or equipment.
• A Russian soldier drafted in the war bemoaned “the destruction by their own commanders of the Russian people.”

According to a new investigation, Russian soldiers who were drafted to Ukraine by their commanders were told that they would “never face combat” but were killed in battle soon after. The New York Times.

Seven months after the start of the war in Ukraine and about seven months later, Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, announced the following: partial mobilizationof the country’s military reserves.

Insider reported that around 300,000 were called to action and given the same status of regular soldiers. 

The Times was informed by draftees from Russia’s 155th Naval Infantry Brigade about their unit, which included truck drivers, factory workers and a former barista. Some had shockingly limited experience with firearms.

They were severely starving and without food and equipment. They had no maps, medical supplies, walkie-talkies or bullets.

According to The Times they said that they were not afraid of their commanders because they assured them they wouldn’t be in combat.

An drafted Russian soldier spoke out to the paper about an October day when he saw many of his fellow soldiers die near Pavlivka, an eastern Ukrainian town. His platoon consisted of 60 soldiers. He stated that about 40 died and eight others sustained serious injuries.

Mikhail said that “this isn’t warfare,” and spoke to the paper from a military hospital near Moscow. “It’s destruction of the Russian people, by their own commanders.”

Reports of widespread abuse arose after the chaotic call-up Russian conscripts. minimal trainingFor the new soldiers, and many were reported as having been killed within weeksYou can travel to Ukraine. 

The Times investigation based interviews with Russian soldiers and Kremlin officials, obtained documents, intercepts, and other sources, detailed Russia’s failures during the ongoing conflict.

The report painted a grim picture of Putin’s botched invasion from the battlefield through its command structure to its most senior leaders.

These latest revelations about misled soldiers echo previous reports on Russian soldiers being deceived about the invasion.

The September issue of The New York Times appeared. dozens of audio recordingsRussian soldiers in Ukraine complained that their “fools” had led them to believe they were going to war.