Drafted Russians deployed to Ukraine without weapons and dug trenches with their hands, relative says.
Drafted Russians deployed to Ukraine without weapons and dug trenches with their hands, relative saysDestroyed Russian tank is seen outside of Izyum district of Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine on October 13, 2022. "They were given four grenades, they dug the ground with their hands," said sister of one draftee.For more stories visit Business Insider.
On Sunday, TV Rain, a Russian-language independent television channel that relocated to Latvia earlier this year, spoke to the relatives of two of the soldiers. It posted the exchanges onThe sister of a soldier call Alexander, who was drafted on October 16, said that they were brought to the Luhansk region on November 1 and immediately sent to the front.
Of the 560 mobilised alongside him, Alexander told his sister, after the shelling they could only account for 31. They do not know exactly what happened to the rest.
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