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<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-state-media-turns-on-russian-elite-in-paranoid-frenzy-over-war-in-ukraine?ref=wrap">Russian soldiers sent next door to kill Ukrainians</a> are increasingly getting killed by their own military instead.</p>
<p>That’s according to the independent outlet <a href="https://istories.media/stories/2022/12/20/ogon-po-svoim-kak-rossiiskie-voennie-ubivayut-drug-druga/">iStories</a>, which on Tuesday released a new report detailing Russia’s deadly mishaps on the battlefield, with drunk soldiers, negligent commanders, and the clumsy use of weapons blamed for the trend.</p>
<p>Russian troops have also been caught venting openly to relatives about the dangers they face from their own men in Ukraine.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-military-keeps-killing-its-own-troops-in-ukraine-war-report-says?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html --> AFP via Getty
Russian soldiers sent next door to kill Ukrainians are increasingly getting killed by their own military instead.
That’s according to the independent outlet iStories, which on Tuesday released a new report detailing Russia’s deadly mishaps on the battlefield, with drunk soldiers, negligent commanders, and the clumsy use of weapons blamed for the trend.
Russian troops have also been caught venting openly to relatives about the dangers they face from their own men in Ukraine.