Moscow: Around 60 Russian paratroopers face prison sentences after staging a revolt and refusing to fight during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
According to a report in The Mirror, the troops were from airborne forces headquarters of Pskov in northern Russia. They had been moved to Belarus and ordered to go into Ukraine, but had to be sent back to their base after their mutiny. They will be punished for insubordination.
Some of them have reportedly been dismissed from service and branded ‘cowards’, while others will face a court martial with likely jail sentences.
“About 60 servicemen from Pskov refused to go to war on Ukrainian territory. During the early days of the war, they were brought to Republic of Belarus, and then they returned to their base in Pskov,” Russian outlet Pskovskaya Guberniya cited sources as saying.
Russian Defence minister Sergei Shoigu took exception to the sent one of his deputies to Pskov to handle the insubordination.
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