Ukraine war: Horrifying moment ‘Russian conscript’ asks friend to break his arm with’
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Horrifying footage from Russia shows a friend breaking the arm of a Russian reservist with a sledgehammer so he can’t be sent to the front lines of the war in Ukraine.
Kremlin officials have warned against conscripts who maim themselves or ask others to break their bones after Putin ordered partial mobilization last week to bolster his troops on the ground.
While some responded by immediately fleeing the country, others resorted to drastic measures, trying to injure themselves to avoid the horrors of war.
Gruesome footage from Russia reportedly shows friend breaking arm of Russian reservist with sledgehammer
Kremlin officials have warned against conscripts who mutilate themselves or ask others to break their bones
The video shows a man wielding a long-handled sledgehammer that he appears to be slamming into the arm of the mobilized reservist.
The conscript keeps his left arm on a bench and covers his face with his other hand as the heavy blow is struck.
After the blow, he stands up and curses as he hangs his arm limp as the friend who hit him disappears.
The man who hit him is then heard to say, ‘Kolyan, is everything all right? Damn it, yeah?’
A woman’s voice says, “Why did he run away?”
The conscript says, “He promised to beat me.”
Two women then inspect his limp arm while one asks: ‘Was it difficult? [But] didn’t he break your arm?’
After the blow, he stands up and curses as he hangs his arm limp, while the friend who hit him disappears
It is ultimately unclear whether the arm was broken by the heavy-looking blow, nor whether an injury prevented him from being drafted into Putin’s army.
The man of the sledgehammer is heard asking, ‘What do you mean? Not me…..?’
It is ultimately unclear whether the arm was broken in the heavy-looking blow, nor whether an injury saved him from being drafted into Putin’s army.
Other Russian men try to flee their homeland to faraway countries such as Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
After a counter-offensive by Ukraine this month inflicted heavy setbacks on Moscow’s troops on the battlefield, Russia said it would call on 300,000 reservists to join the fray.
It also warned that it could resort to nuclear weapons.
However, that partial mobilization is very unpopular in some areas, leading to protests, widespread violence and Russians fleeing the country by the tens of thousands.
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People coming from Russia wait at the Mongolian border checkpoint of Altanbulag as they flee conscription
Relatives and taxi drivers wait for Russian tourists crossing to Georgia from Verkhni Lars . customs checkpoint
The borders with Kazakhstan and Mongolia have been overrun by an influx of Russian citizens
The mass exodus has created miles of queues at some borders for days, and local Russian authorities in an area along the border with Georgia said they would begin providing food, water, heating stations and other aid to those queuing.
Moscow has also reportedly set up border design bureaus to intercept some who try to leave.
The mobilization prompted the US embassy in Moscow to warn Americans in Russia to leave immediately because “Russia can refuse to recognize U.S. citizenship, deny them access to U.S. consular assistance, prevent their departure from Russia, and allow dual citizenships.” enlist for military service. .’
Previous embassy security warnings issued during the war also advised Americans to leave.
Ukrainian military and Western analysts said Russia is sending troops to the front lines with barely any training.
The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, quoted an online video of a man identifying himself as a member of Russia’s 1st Tank Regiment, visibly upset, saying he and his colleagues would receive no training before leaving. to Russian-occupied parts of the Kherson region.
“It is unlikely that mobilized men with a day or two of training will meaningfully strengthen Russian positions hit by Ukrainian counter-offensive in the south and east,” the institute said.