Article 6A7C3 Russian soldiers say commanders used ‘barrier troops’ to stop them retreating

Russian soldiers say commanders used ‘barrier troops’ to stop them retreating

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Pjotr Sauer
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Assault unit members claim in video that superiors want to execute us' after huge' losses in eastern Ukraine

Members of a recently formed Russian assault unit say their commanders deployed troops to stop them from retreating and threatened them with death after they suffered huge" losses in eastern Ukraine.

In a video addressed to President Vladimir Putin, a group of about two dozen men in military uniform say they are the remnants of Storm, a unit under the defence ministry.

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