Russian Army Deploys Troops to 'Shoot' Soldiers Disobeying 'Assault Orders'

"When the troops stationed on the front lines in Ukraine engage in combat, Russia deploys troops on the second line to shoot and kill its own soldiers who refuse the commander's order to attack and break away from the formation or defect." Ukrainian military intelligence said.

According to the British daily newspaper "Daily Mail" on October 27th (local time), the Ukrainian military intelligence agency said in a five-minute audio file released on the same day, "The Russian army is on a mission to shoot and kill soldiers who desert during the battle."

The audio file was recorded by Ukrainian military intelligence on "a phone call a Russian soldier had with his wife."

"Recently recruited soldiers in prisoner status were placed at the front line, and others, including myself, were placed behind the prisoners," the Russian soldier said in the call. They went on to say, "I was given the order, that if a soldier in the frontline unit tries to escape or escape without charging towards the Ukrainian army, shoot him with a gun,. Soldiers on the front line cannot escape, lest the guns we fire to kill them," he said.

"It's a real nightmare," said the wife of a Russian soldier who heard the story.