.19-year-old Russian conscript Artem Antonov was actually fired and also killed by his leader after reportedly refusing to authorize an armed forces contract to fight in Kursk Oblast, the Russian individual outlet IStories disclosed on Dec. 6. The case happened on Oct 21 at the “Ilyinsky” training school of the 60th Motorized Rifle Brigade, where the commander fired in to the ranks of soldiers, striking Antonov in the head.Antonov’s family members state he faced repeated abuse and violate, featuring whippings along with iron poles, for declining to sign the contract.Before his death, Antonov shared particulars of the abuse in an exclusive social media group, which was actually removed quickly after he perished.
When the family got his physical body, they found out not just a gunshot wound yet additionally a number of swellings, suggesting further persecution. The abuse of Russian soldiers through their leaders and also fellow troops due to the fact that the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine has been formerly recorded. Issues along with military hazing and also mistreatment of underlings by their top-notches go back to the Soviet era as well as were also commonly mentioned in Russia’s wars in Chechnya.Russia has deployed almost 60,000 troops to Kursk Oblast, media reportsNearly 60,000 Russian army personnel are actually currently pointed in Russiau00e2 $ s Kursk Oblast, Suspilne stated on Nov.
22, mentioning its confidential source in the General Team of Ukraineu00e2 $ s Armed Forces.