A Ukraine MP said 27 Russian soldiers were killed by friendly fire during a botched retreat.
The soldiers were fleeing positions in Donetsk when they were mistaken for enemy troops, per the MP.
According to Mysiagin, the Russian forces assumed their troops were Ukrainians attempting to recapture territory near the Donetsk airport.
This wouldn't have been the first time Russian forces gunned down their own troops.
Kherson said he saw Russian forces firing rockets at the battlefield just as their soldiers were starting to retreat.
Persons:
Yuriy Mysiagin, chaotically, Mysiagin, Mashovets
Organizations:
Service, Facebook, Russia's Ministry of Defense, 129th Territorial Defense Brigade, New York Times, Kherson, Times
Locations:
Ukraine, Donetsk, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, Russian, Neskuchne, Kherson