Pro-Russia conscripts dragged to front line with no training, no supplies

Sources describe little or no safe water, field rations for one man being shared among several and scavenging for food

04 April 2022 - 20:07 By Reuters

Military conscripts in the Russian-backed Donbas region have been sent into front-line combat against Ukrainian troops with no training, little food and water and inadequate weapons, six people in the separatist province said...

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