Russian soldiers detained in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region have received death threats for refusing to fight in Vladimir Putin‘s war, their relatives have said.
Relatives of nine contract servicemen from the Russian Buryatia republic, who were sent to a pre-trial detention center after they refused to participate in the war, are appealing to Russia’s defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, for their immediate release.
The anti-war Free Buryatia Foundation, formed by ethnic Buryats, earlier told Russian independent media outlet MediaZona that 17 servicemen who entered into short-term contracts with Russia’s defense ministry had been locked up after they refused to fight and attempted to terminate their contracts.
