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Russian forces are killing their own wounded with drones to stop them from surrendering, Ukrainian officials say
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“The fact is that the Russians do not allow their soldiers to surrender,” Oleksandr Stupun, a spokesman for Ukraine’s Tauride Defense Forces, said during a television interview on Monday.
Russia has killed its own soldiers as “a reaction to the fact that there are quite a few people willing to surrender to Ukrainian captivity,” he said.
Russia has been accused of using deadly threats and tactics to stop its troops from retreating or surrendering since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
A Ukrainian unit said in September that Russian troops who were surrendering were shot at and killed by their own artillery, an incident they filmed with a drone.
The UK Ministry of Defence said last year that Russia had started using barrier troops and that Russian generals likely wanted their soldiers to defend positions in Ukraine “to the death.”
A group of Russian soldiers said earlier this year that one of the units was placed behind them and threatened to shoot them if they did not move forward.
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