A Russian soldier who declined to keep combating in Ukraine was apprehended and beaten up until his face was covered in blood, his father claims.
The moms and dad, who utilized the phony name Sergei, stated his kid Stas and a number of others were removed of their weapons and positioned under armed guard.
He informed the BBC: ‘They beat him and after that they took him outside as if they were going to shoot him.
‘They made him lie on the ground and told him to count to ten. He refused so they beat him over the head several times with a pistol. He told me his face was covered in blood.’
Stas declares they threatened to eliminate him prior to somebody stated they desired him to operate in the stockroom.
He was a serving officer in the Russian army when Vladimir Putin purchased the intrusion of Ukraine in February.
Initially, he ‘believed it was right’ regardless of his father attempting to persuade him not to go to war.
He stated things altered when Stas discovered he had actually been sent out to combat with ‘no intelligence gathering, no preparation and no cover’.
Stas ultimately made the ‘difficult decision’ to hand in his written notification of rejection to combat.
While he was apparently positioned under armed guard, Sergei made numerous journeys to the frontline to attempt and get his kid launched. Stas was ultimately returned to Russia.
Other individuals have actually informed comparable stories, with one mum declaring her Russian lieutenant kid was positioned in detention for declining to perform orders.
‘He had refused to lead his men to a certain death,’ the mum stated.
Stories about disillusioned soldiers deserting their posts have actually emerged since the war began.
Putin initially stated just expert fighters would be sent out to Ukraine however this altered by September, when numerous countless Russian guys were prepared.
The Kremlin has actually rejected all these claims, with Putin stating: ‘We do not have any camps or imprisonment centers, or the like for Russian soldiers.
‘This is all nonsense and fake claims and there is nothing to back them up with.’
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