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According to the report, any Russian soldiers and civilians are willing to pay large sums of money to avoid being sent to the front in Ukraine. But amid mounting military losses and a shortage of new recruits, bribing your way out of the Russian army is getting increasingly difficult. On top of paying off doctors and commanders, some active duty soldiers resort to injuring themselves in the hopes of getting discharged. Military enlistment offices, meanwhile, have their own corruption schemes for those seeking to avoid conscription. Demand for evading army service has also given rise to a thriving black market, where draft dodgers can purchase forged documents, “fake surgeries,” and even get help fleeing the country — unless they fall prey to scammers or the security services, that is. Meduza special correspondent Lilia Yapparova investigates the price Russians are willing to pay to avoid going to war and how the authorities are cracking down in response
The report said that one of Russian soldiers Nikolai says that his mission took place in late May 2024. His “strongpoint” turned out to be an underground pipe. Likely intended for draining wastewater, it measured 1.5 meters in diameter and the soldiers sheltering inside looked like “skeletons covered in skin,” Nikolai recalls. “They were dirty, emaciated. They had survived by drinking the stagnant water that flowed into the pipe; they brewed cigarette butts in it instead of tea. Occasionally, they’d run out to a field and steal grain. They ate the coffee we’d brought with us with spoons and poured our entire packet of sweetener into their mouths.” The Russians had been unable to rotate the soldiers or deliver them provisions: drones circled overhead constantly, and Ukrainian fortifications were “so close that you could hear voices,” Nikolai recalls. His assault group found themselves trapped too: their first escape attempt ended in a mortar attack that injured Nikolai and killed one of his fellow soldiers.
The report also stated that Nikolai and his friend — who was in on the plan — ultimately deemed the grenade option too dangerous. Instead, he began working on a homemade “shrapnel cartridge” for a Kalashnikov, filling a bullet casing with gunpowder and the tips of rusty nails. “Now I have 12 pieces of these ‘fragments’ in my leg, and it’s festering,” he says. Shooting each other in the leg was “very scary — but not as scary as staying there,” Nikolai says referring to the front. The homemade bullet hit him in the calf. “I lifted my trouser leg and there was blood, muscle spasms, and my whole leg was covered in bumps,” he recalls. “But it was a good argument for evacuation to Russia.”
So as not to arouse suspicions about their “shrapnel wounds,” Nikolai and his comrade threw a grenade into their dugout and then radioed it in as a Ukrainian drone attack. Nevertheless, their story wasn’t particularly believable. “People aren’t fools. A self-inflicted wound like that leaves traces of gunpowder on your legs,” Nikolai explains. The soldiers began to negotiate with the regiment’s medics as they were being taken to the hospital. “We admitted right there in the car that we’d shot ourselves and something needed to be done,” he recalls.
Russia isn't fighting the west, it fights Ukraine only. Ukraine is however using western weapons. The same as Russia is using weapons from Iran, NK, China. And on top of this Ukraine is fighting Russia and NK and possibly China. Stop spreading bad excuses for your poor leaders, political as well as military. Stop making up excuses for losing this war.
Watch the report on the YT link.
The report said that one of Russian soldiers Nikolai says that his mission took place in late May 2024. His “strongpoint” turned out to be an underground pipe. Likely intended for draining wastewater, it measured 1.5 meters in diameter and the soldiers sheltering inside looked like “skeletons covered in skin,” Nikolai recalls. “They were dirty, emaciated. They had survived by drinking the stagnant water that flowed into the pipe; they brewed cigarette butts in it instead of tea. Occasionally, they’d run out to a field and steal grain. They ate the coffee we’d brought with us with spoons and poured our entire packet of sweetener into their mouths.” The Russians had been unable to rotate the soldiers or deliver them provisions: drones circled overhead constantly, and Ukrainian fortifications were “so close that you could hear voices,” Nikolai recalls. His assault group found themselves trapped too: their first escape attempt ended in a mortar attack that injured Nikolai and killed one of his fellow soldiers.
The report also stated that Nikolai and his friend — who was in on the plan — ultimately deemed the grenade option too dangerous. Instead, he began working on a homemade “shrapnel cartridge” for a Kalashnikov, filling a bullet casing with gunpowder and the tips of rusty nails. “Now I have 12 pieces of these ‘fragments’ in my leg, and it’s festering,” he says. Shooting each other in the leg was “very scary — but not as scary as staying there,” Nikolai says referring to the front. The homemade bullet hit him in the calf. “I lifted my trouser leg and there was blood, muscle spasms, and my whole leg was covered in bumps,” he recalls. “But it was a good argument for evacuation to Russia.”
So as not to arouse suspicions about their “shrapnel wounds,” Nikolai and his comrade threw a grenade into their dugout and then radioed it in as a Ukrainian drone attack. Nevertheless, their story wasn’t particularly believable. “People aren’t fools. A self-inflicted wound like that leaves traces of gunpowder on your legs,” Nikolai explains. The soldiers began to negotiate with the regiment’s medics as they were being taken to the hospital. “We admitted right there in the car that we’d shot ourselves and something needed to be done,” he recalls.
Russia isn't fighting the west, it fights Ukraine only. Ukraine is however using western weapons. The same as Russia is using weapons from Iran, NK, China. And on top of this Ukraine is fighting Russia and NK and possibly China. Stop spreading bad excuses for your poor leaders, political as well as military. Stop making up excuses for losing this war.
Watch the report on the YT link.
