In an intelligence report published by the US Times health, he revealed that the Russian army is receiving instructions for fire units to shoot soldiers withdrawing from the fronts of the fighting in Ukraine in a repeat of “Stalinist” practices during World War II.
According to a British Ministry of Defense intelligence update, Russian soldiers “likely started to deploy (barriers) or other defensive measures due to the low morale and unwillingness of the fighting” (disability units).
“This material serves as validation of what was previously reported by the “In the Naked Ain” programme, which was broadcast on Now TV and initially revealed the position of the Russian army on the frontlines of the conflict in Ukraine.
She continued, saying: “These groups, which Moscow has previously employed, issue threats to shoot Russian soldiers who leave the frontlines of combat or retire.
The 22nd Order, often known as “Forbidden (Return) one step back,” was issued by the late Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in July 1942, one year after the Nazi forces invaded Russia.
According to that edict, some Red Army soldiers were permitted to shoot “cowards and depositors” who were present among those forces.
According to the British Ministry of Defense, “Recently, Russian generals have probably used their subordinates to use weapons against fleeing forces, even authorising fire to kill individuals who are behind the combat after a warning.”
The statement said, “It is also plausible that the generals wished to retain defence installations until they died.
Moscow hasn’t made any formal comments regarding these reports, but some Russian officials, according to the Times newspaper, have mocked them.
Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, signed a law on Friday allowing the recruitment of those who have committed significant crimes but barring those who have been found guilty of “espionage, terrorism, treachery, armed uprisings, kidnapping of aircraft and some other crimes.”
According to Putin, 49,000 of the 318,000 soldiers who had been called for “partial mobilisation” had already begun carrying out combat-related duties.
Russia reportedly kills its soldiers as they leave the Ukraine invasion, according to intelligence assessments.
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