Russian troops have described being used as "cannon fodder" as Putin's partial mobilisation saw thousands sent to the front lines.
One fed-up Russian soldier who was recruited from prison and later captured spoke out about the way inexperienced conscripts were sent forward to "scout" ahead as experienced troops were left waiting in safety.
He said: "We are being used as cannon fodder. Our commander sent us forward, at first we were walking alongside, but when we looked back, they were very far behind.
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"Usual cannon fodder: They wanted us to scout their positions, to see who’s where… We’re like cannon fodder…"
The former inmate said the 400 ex-prisoners who were signed up to fight were sold a "completely different story" by Yevgney Prigozhin, the chief of the Wagner Group – a group of mercenaries who have been accused of being embroiled in war crimes – the Mirror reports.
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The man claimed Prigozhin told recruits they would be fighting alongside more "experienced" soldiers and that they would receive training from them.
He also claimed that the inmates were told they wouldn't be sent straight to the front lines.
Putin has been gradually ramping up his war in recent weeks, starting with his mobilisation of 300,000 troops and conscripts announced last month (September 21).
Since then he has repeatedly made thinly-veiled threats of nuclear war to the West, claiming he would use "all means necessary" to achieve his end goal and that he "wasn't bluffing".
The warmonger has also overseen reported attacks on major Ukrainian cities such as Kyiv.
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And as fears of a nuclear war escalate an expert on the Russian despot alleged he had already attempted to carry out nuclear tests, but that he had been sabotaged at the last second.
Valery Solovey, an expert on the president and former professor at Moscow’s Institute of International Relations, said: “[Putin’s] decision on the use of tactical nuclear weapons would no doubt face resistance.
“I don't know how effective the resistance will be but I will indicate [that] nuclear tests were supposed to be held over the past two weeks – one in the Barents sea, underwater, and the second underground, in Arkhangelsk region. Both times the tests were not held.”
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