In an intercepted phone call, a Russian soldier hiding in occupied Ukraine gives his wife insights into the situation at the front.
Kyiv – An intercepted phone call provides rare insights into the Situation of Russian soldiers in the Ukraine war: “We finally have to do something. Hell, I have to get out of here. I don’t know how, but we have to,” the Russian soldier hiding somewhere in occupied Ukraine says to his wife on the phone, according to the Ukrainian newspaper Kyiv Post reported.
Russian soldier in Ukraine contacts his wife: Fighter wants to flee back to his own country
The deserted soldier goes on to say that he really wants to flee to Russia to avoid execution or further deadly attacks. The call was published by the Ukrainian state project “I Want to Live,” which aims to facilitate the voluntary surrender of Russian soldiers, reports Kyiv Post.
“We take you to a safe place, where someone will zero them out and where the laws actually work,” the project’s statement said. The project was launched by the Main Directorate of Intelligence Work of Ukraine (HUR) and aims to help Russian soldiers safely surrender to the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) and save their lives.
Russia is taking tough action against deserters: executions or punishment pits await those who refuse military service
Because Russia does not treat war objectors squeamishly. When caught, deserters and conscientious objectors are often forcibly returned to their units. Once there, they are often thrown into a punishment pit, sent on deadly missions, or simply executed on the spot.
That’s why the soldier sees his chance in escaping back across the border. After arriving in their home country of Russia, no one is looking for the missing soldiers anymore. “Nobody is looking for those who are going on vacation. For every ten people who leave, only one or two come back.” But the soldier is still afraid to take the risk.
Dissatisfaction is growing: more and more Russian soldiers want to leave the Ukrainian front
Dissatisfaction among Russian troops is growing as their commanders give them increasingly unrealistic goals and send them on unnecessarily dangerous missions. In several phone calls recently intercepted by Ukrainian military intelligence, individuals discuss ways to avoid further deployments while Russian civilians panic over fear of being drafted.
Since September 2022, the independent Russian media project Mediazona More than 7,300 cases have been documented in court involving unauthorized removal from the force. When it comes to the most serious charge, desertion, the number of cases has increased sixfold in the past year. (bg/dpa)
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