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Russia-Ukraine War: Russian conscripts accuse the leadership of using them as 'cannon fodder'

A local official told Russian conscripts "You are not cannon fodder" in a video published online recently.

NewsGram Desk

By: Ray Furlong

A local official told Russian conscripts "You are not cannon fodder" in a video published online recently. The men responded by angrily shouting that, actually, that's exactly what they are.

The incident, in the Ardatovsky district some 360 kilometers east of Moscow, followed a stream of videos in which Russian conscripts complain of old equipment and poor training.

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