In a briefing, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Russia is executing some soldiers.
AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Russian military has been executing soldiers who refuse to follow orders, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said in a White House press briefing Thursday.
"It's reprehensible to think that you would execute your own soldiers because they didn't want to follow orders," Kirby said in the briefing.
There have been multiple reports documenting the apparent poor conditions, low morale, and high casualty numbers for Russian soldiers.
In a video plea from March, Russian soldiers complained that they were being sent into battle with "blocking" units that were meant to keep them from running away.
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