Russia is sending mentally disabled soldiers to the front lines.
Video shows how incapacitated man lying in muddy ditch, stripped of uniform, "murmuring incoherently, clearly too mentally incapacitated to communicate or "move," — The Telegraph. 1/
Semyon Karmanov, 27, diagnosed in childhood with intellectual disability with significant behavioural disorders requiring care and treatment, classified as fit for military service and killed this autumn from head wound. 2/
Artyom Radaev, 22, disabled since childhood, sent to front by 4th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade and later found tied to tree as punishment for refusing to fight — mother hasn't heard from him since. 3/
Alexey Vachrushev, who spent life under psychiatric care at specialized school for developmental disabilities, was pressured by police into signing military contract despite being declared unfit — current whereabouts unknown. 4/
Oleg Volkov, 23, diagnosed with psychiatric disability as child, forced to sign military contract after stealing wine crate, then panicked on first day in Ukraine and hid in electrical transformer cabin where he was captured. 5/
Russian soldier from 88th Brigade in Chasiv Yar said newly mobilized recruits arrive and immediately, they are 200s [dead] — his unit suffered over 90% losses: "There were seventy, now there are six." 6/
Ukrainian official Anna: Russia will never run out of people, sacrificing one man per 10 metres advances them and puts pressure on us. It is an effective tactic in a society where there is no price to pay for sacrificing the poor. 7/
Ukraine's general staff estimates around 210,000 Russian casualties during summer offensive in Bakhmut region with only minimal territorial gains. 8X
Source: telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
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