'They're just meat': Russia deploys punishment battalions in echo of Stalin

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Tuesday, 03 Oct 2023
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A screenshot from a video shared on June 28 by Russian prisoners' rights campaign group Gulagu.net. It shows fighters from a Storm-Z squad explaining they will no longer fight in Ukraine, in protest at treatment by their commanders. Obtained by REUTERS/via REUTERS

LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) -

Drunk recruits. Insubordinate soldiers. Convicts.

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