There are reports of mobilised Russian troops locked in cellars and basements for refusing to fight in Ukraine. "You've got relatives there. But without conscript battalions, Russia could soon struggle to hold the territory it currently controls in Ukraine, especially as Ukraine receives better equipment from Nato, he said. Some Russian troops are refusing to return to fight in Ukraine because of their experiences on the front line at the start of the invasion, according to Russian human rights lawyers and activists. The refusenik troops add to Russian commanders headaches as they struggle to replenish spent and exhausted units across the roughly 480-kilometer (300-mile) front line stretching from east of Kharkiv in the northeast down to Kherson in south-central Ukraine. People in Kyiv are being warned of street fighting and "subversive groups" on the third day of the Russian invasion, with reports of 198 Ukrainians dead nationwide since troops first crossed the . 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Many of us simply did not want to go back, said Dmitri, a member of the unit who asked not to be identified with his real name. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Did you encounter any technical issues? Some large government-run companies have received letters urging them to sign up their staff for the army. DeSantis won't say he's running. If I dont get the compensation that I am entitled to soon, I will go public and make a major issue of it., Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. 03:25. The arrests of the soldiers, whose . Ukrainian soldiers move on the road in the freed territory in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Lee said one option for the Kremlin would be to authorise the deployment of conscript units to Ukraine, despite Putins earlier pledges that Russia would not use any conscripts in the war. It is unfair, I am fighting in this war just as the others in Ukraine, risking my life, the soldier said. One commander in northern Russia requested a criminal case be brought against his subordinate who would not return to Ukraine, but a military prosecutor refused to proceed, according to documents seen by the BBC. I want to return to my family and not in a casket.. Critics have said many mobilised men hardly had any battlefield experience and have received little training before being sent to the front. I didnt think I would quit, but it happened because of my wifes difficult pregnancy, when I asked for a delay until after she gave birth, a third soldier told Current Time in a VK message. Troops from the Russian so-called Cossack Detachment are refusing to take part in offensive operations due to Russian forces heavy losses near Vuhledar in Donetsk Oblast. Fewer and fewer Russian servicemen want to fight for the Kremlin's invading plans. Because they ignore everything. Stas was sent back to Russia. There is absolutely no trust in the authorities and the higher command, from the very first word, Kaminsky, 20, told Current Time in a phone interview on July 17, recorded from an undisclosed location in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine. The contract soldier was subsequently sentenced on July 21 to restriction in military service for one year, with a 10 percent deduction from his monetary allowance going to the state. He said he would put his refusal in writing. Reinforcements failed to arrive and soldiers were poorly equipped for the task of taking a large city. Almost all his comrades were under the age of 25. I still havent seen her. Russia has also turned to mercenaries to bolster its war efforts, deploying fighters from the shadowy Kremlin-linked Wagner group. Russian forces were driven out of much of the northeastern Kharkiv region in early September by a Ukrainian counter-offensive that allowed Kyiv to retake thousands of square kilometres of territory. "I don't want to go [back to Ukraine] to kill and be killed," says Sergey - not his real name - who spent five weeks fighting in Ukraine earlier this year. They began to stir and offer up some alternatives when people started specifically saying no, he said. He believed it was right. "We rushed forward with short overnight stays, without trenches, without reconnaissance. "They are keeping people there because they wanted to leave, refused to fight," the father alleged. About 60 Russian paratroopers mutinied and refused to fight in Ukraine, according to Russian press reports related to Putin's government. Instead they were expected to operate without even basic equipment, such as night vision devices, he says. The prisoners at the penal colony in St. Petersburg were expecting a visit by officials, thinking it would be some sort of inspection. Servicemen fire a 120mm mortar towards Russian positions at the frontline near Bakhmut, Ukraine. At some point, Kaminsky's unit was then transferred to Luhansk, in Ukraines Donbas region. ", "People here don't understand how much danger we're in. Stas told his father about one particular battle. Homesick. "There are held in pits, tortured and things like that. "Pictures of Russian vehicles running out of fuel and casualties being abandoned where they . The soldier said he broke his contract and resigned from the brigade before the February 24 invasion, once he realized it was in fact going forward. A stamp that was purportedly placed in the military-service booklet of one soldier who refused to serve in Ukraine. He simply declares that he has anti-war convictions. Many of the newly mobilised troops were quick to complain that they were being sent to a war zone without sufficient equipment or adequate training. We've received your submission. Russian soldiers are increasingly dying from accidental friendly fire . During wartime, rules are totally different. Discovery Company. 2023 BBC. ", "We do not have any problems with soldiers leaving combat positions," the Kremlin leader continued. "I can see that the war continues, it is not going away," he told the BBC. In another incident where Russian soldiers have been accused of refusing to fight in Ukraine, the country's Operational Command South said Sunday in a Facebook post that a Russian military unit deployed in the south would not fight because of a lack of vital supplies such as water. By early July, Kaminsky said, he'd had enough: He refused to fight, one of 78 soldiers from his brigade who have refused orders. "I'm morally exhausted. (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP) A U.S. Army veteran from Wisconsin died on Feb. 16 while fighting on the . Law enforcement located the man, Marsel Kandarov, in September, the statement added. The beach, just north of Odessa in southern Ukraine, was defended with mines and anti-tank hedgehogs. "I think that [so many of] our guys died largely because of this. A similar account to Dmitris was given to the BBCs Russian service by Sergey Bokov, a 23-year-old soldier who at the end of April decided to leave the army after fighting in Ukraine. "We're on the same wavelength now," Sergei tells me. Within the dense smoke caused by the propaganda of one side or the other, the truth is that there does seem to be a good number of Russian soldiers who have refused to fight in Ukraine. By Timofei Rozhanskiy. A Russian soldier's service card was stamped "traitor" for refusing . Read about our approach to external linking. Along with eight others, Dmitri told his commanders that he refused to rejoin the invasion. We had no food, no water, he said. One year from the start of the war between Russia and Ukraine, a Catholic priest recounted how a Ukrainian soldier was spared from being killed by . Updated at 1:10 p.m. on April 14 to add that the soldier's lawyer has taken down the original photo of the service card. And that means he cant be prosecuted for desertion or going AWOL. But by September that had all changed. In all, 78 soldiers including Kaminsky openly challenged his orders, and demanded to be either sent home or reassigned, he said. Read also: UK intelligence estimates Russian losses near Vuhledar. "But he said he was going. In his conversations with Current Time, Kaminsky lamented what he described as commanders callous disregard for the wellbeing of their troops. But I was thinking, Im still young; at any moment, a piece of shrapnel, a bullet could fly into my head. The soldiers testimony said war-weary soldiers were urged by superiors to return to the fight. The code has been copied to your clipboard. Another soldier from the 205th Brigade also said commanders gave no preparation to soldiers before the war, and when the units deployed, they were told they were going on exercises. - Ukraine's President . My daughter was born three months ago. And there is no guarantee that more prosecutions might not emerge in the future. Leviev says his team estimates a sizeable minority of the Russian contract soldiers sent to Ukraine to fight in the initial invasion refused to go back again. Troops from the Russian so-called Cossack Detachment are refusing to take part in offensive operations due to Russian forces' heavy losses near Vuhledar in Donetsk Oblast. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much Under Russian military rules, troops who refuse to fight in Ukraine can face dismissal but cannot be prosecuted, said Mikhail Benyash, a lawyer who has been advising soldiers who choose that option. They don't care about the life of a soldier; whats more important is his position and rank, Kaminsky said. By India Today Web Desk: As Russian troops try to take control over Ukraine's capital Kyiv, residents of the city are taking up arms to stand in the fight along with the country's military against Moscow's invasion.India Today's Rajesh Pawar visited an office of the Territorial Defence Forces in the city, where citizens are being equipped with weapons to defend against and fight off the . Albert Sakhibgareev was sent near the Ukrainian border in early February for "training exercises," the . Putin's army continues its full-scale aggression in Ukraine. "He said it was my choice. Russian forces have significantly reduced activity in the Vuhledar area due to the mass refusal of their troops to go on the offensive, spokesperson for the Ukrainian military's Tavriiskyi District forces, Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskyi, said on Feb. 27. . Just refuse," Sergei recalls telling Stas, who was already an army officer. 'You're Nobody' But he stresses that Russian military law does include clauses which allow soldiers to refuse to fight if they don't want to. Among them were 12 national guardsmen from Russias southern city of Krasnodar who were fired after refusing to go to Ukraine. Earlier Ukraines General Staff reported that invading Russian forces were seeing mass desertion among its troops amid Ukrainian military successes. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. ", Russian mum's fight to save sons from Putin's war, Mariupol: 80 days that left a flourishing city in ruins, Pinned down by Russian fire in key frontline village. Russians might be in favour of the conflict, but they dont actually want to fight, he said, adding that a general mobilisation would entail colossal losses of untrained soldiers. Russian troops release video as they say they will not fight. Vladimir Putins forces launched an invasion of Ukraine in February but never formally declared war, meaning soldiers can be fired but shouldnt be jailed, an attorney who has represented reluctant soldiers told the newspaper. Russian troops release video as they say they will not fight. Feb. 27 2023, Published 8:05 a.m. A Russian serviceman takes part in military exercises outside the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in the Russian Far East on September 4. It's not just Ukrainians resisting Vladimir . Benyash said hundreds and hundreds of soldiers had been in touch with his team for advice on how they could avoid being sent to fight. The enemy has somewhat reduced its activity for the fourth day, he said. "It's a way of making people go back into that bloodbath," says Elena Popova from Russia's Movement of Conscientious Objectors. In Kononov's case, court documents say that he pleaded guilty to evading military service and that he testified he wanted to take a temporary break from fighting in Ukraine. Russia launched the attack on Ukraine from three sides on February 24. Without a formal . But after a certain adaptation period, our men fight brilliantly.". As Russia has faced a surprisingly effective resistance from Ukraine, there have been reports of low soldier morale and chaos among the commanding ranks. A Russian soldier who refused to fight in the war in Ukraine was allegedly beaten and locked up by his own comrades, according to a report. The men, who belonged to the key headquarters of the Pskov . This story has been shared 102,045 times. Images by Anton Chicherov. Command post guard duty? CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. For all of RFE/RL's coverage of the war, click here. About 140 Russian soldiers have reportedly been jailed so far. And this, according to a video on social media app Telegram, has . Dmytrashkivskyi added the Russians had carried out 15 assaults over the past day, while the same number stood at 60 assaults per day a month ago. Refusal then would mean much harsher penalties. I dont regret it one bit. ", "My first thoughts were 'Is this really happening to me?'". Moscow's war is unjust, but there's no moral obligation for soldiers to refuse to fight. Never mind the myriad reports of Russian troops refusing to fight by the thousands, sabotaging their own shoddy equipment and even deliberately wounding themselves to abandon the war, Russian . The servicemen were reportedly removed from their unit as punishment. In particular, conscripts are starting to cancel their contracts. April 7, 2022. "We went without helicopters - just in a column, as though we were heading to a parade.". When the soldiers of an elite Russian army brigade were told in early April to prepare for a second deployment to Ukraine, fear broke out among the ranks. July 19, 2022. As casualties have mounted, so have Ukrainian officials' efforts to appeal directly to the Russian people, saying they are being lied to about a war Moscow still calls a "special operation . A Russian military unit deployed in Ukraine's south has refused to fight over a lack of vital supplies such as water, Ukraine said Sunday. Sergey joined the army as a conscript - most Russian men between the ages of 18-27 must complete one year of compulsory military service. Before joining Current Times Moscow bureau in 2019, Rozhanskiy worked for the independent Russian television channel TV Rain. Approximately 60 paratroopers from Russia's Pskov region have refused to be deployed to Ukraine, newspaper Pskovskaya . .. Advertisement .. Russian Soldier Brutally Thrashed For Refusing To Fight In Ukraine War: Report, Arrested AAP Ministers Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain Quit Delhi Cabinet, Nithyananda's 'Republic Of Kailasa' At UN Meet. They were continually shelled, he says, both when moving and when parked overnight. There are no legal grounds to start a criminal case if a soldier refuses to fight while on Russian territory.. Of the 78 soldiers from Kaminskys unit who have disobeyed orders, some have been ordered held in a makeshift brig for days, he said. In January, Sergey was sent near the border with Ukraine for what he was told would be military drills. He said he himself had written some 20 complaints and demands for reassignment, but his superior officers had rejected them -- or even tore the papers up completely. Russia Ukraine War One Year Anniversary Ukrainian troops and their UK military instructors, commemorate lives lost in the Russian invasion of Ukraine during a sunrise commemorative service, at . Although Sergey does not want to return to the front line, he does want to complete his outstanding military service in Russia to avoid any unforeseen consequences. It is, first of all, a classic example of military aggression; it is a war without a just cause. He was soon transferred to Belgorod, a Russian city close to the border with Ukraine, where he has been stationed since. His superiors argued that he should not be given the monetary compensation of up to 2,500 that wounded Russians are entitled to by law because his injury took place on Russian soil meaning it did not fall under the rules of Russias special military operation. They would be looking at time in prison.. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen reports on the conflictin Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin touts success, yet some ofhis soldiers refuse to fight. He believes his commanders had planned to capture strongholds and key cities very quickly - and had calculated that the Ukrainians would simply surrender. "In a situation when there is shelling or bombs falling, all normal people cannot help but react to it, even on the physiological level. Daughter of Putin ally dies when . For some Russians, refusing to return to the front line may be a moral stand. Frank Gardner looks at what lies ahead as winter arrives in Ukraine. This is not our war. Like us on Facebook to see similar stories . Now, at least four want their superiors punished for the seemingly illegal arrests, according to the newspaper. They ignore any requests. Im warning you, this is a final offer, he is heard telling the soldiers. Brigade commanders ask who wants to guard the second gunners unit. A video of the incident that circulated online showed the soldier complaining of poor training, using obscenities, and calling the drills an imitation. Emilio Morenatti. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. Their official status is missing in action. Army commanders try to intimidate contract soldiers into staying with their units, according to Russian human rights lawyer Alexei Tabalov. Almost immediately his unit found itself under attack. Youre just a soldier for them; youre nobody.. Other units include troops from private military companies like Vagner, or specialized, semiautonomous units overseen by Chechnyas strongman leader, Ramzan Kadyrov. These people are ready for anything. 2023 Cable News Network. appreciated. But the soldier later discussed with his father what would happen if he refused to fight. Source: cnnespanol All news articles on 2023-02-28 You may like. A Russian soldier was sentenced in July for refusing to fight in the Ukraine war. Back in his living room, Sergei tells me that what happened to Stas in Ukraine has brought them closer together. The soldier, not wanting to take part in a special military operation, did not report for duty in May 2022, said the press service on Thursday for courts in the region of Bashkortostan in the southern Urals. Finance chiefs at a Group of 20 conference in India this weekend issued a joint statement condemning Moscow for its war in Ukraine, with only China and Russia declining to sign. Anyone? The BBC has been speaking to one such soldier. I understood that I had to refuse so I could stay alive, he said. It said that the troops lacked support, while personnel in advanced positions didn't have water. "They beat him and then they took him outside as if they were going to . Sergei made several trips to the front line to try to secure his son's release. But significant damage has been done to that army, which has confronted logistical problems, poor morale and an underestimated Ukrainian resistance. The soldier, along with several others who decided not to take part in the fight anymore, put his refusal in writing. The unit, stationed in Russias far east during peacetime, first entered Ukraine from Belarus when the war started at the end of February and saw bitter combat with Ukrainian forces. Russian soldier Ilya Kaminsky says rank-and-file troops have "absolutely no trust . The Insider. Troops had been withdrawn from northern Ukraine and appeared to be regrouping for an assault in the east. The human rights activist said Kononov may be sent to serve in Ukraine again, explaining that the punishment means it will be even more difficult for him to achieve early dismissal. He told me his face was covered in blood," the father said while speaking to the outlet. In his unit of 50 people, 10 were killed and 10 others wounded. Not from the opposing side. 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Among them were 12 national guardsmen from Russia's . 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