They are so angry with their commander that they choose between two options: shoot him on the spot or come home and write a ‘whole volume’ of statements to the Russian military prosecutor’s office.

This is evidenced by telephone conversations between the invaders intercepted by the SSU.

One of them tells his brother about the terrible battles, getting encircled, and how they were forgotten for 3 days in the woods without water and food.

He complains that commanders give orders to shoot at civilians and threaten with a criminal case for desertion if they leave the post. He is amazed that their commanders are stealing: ‘Our command, they received provisions: cigarettes, food… You know what they did? Our leadership fled, for f**k’s sake, dumped us and f**ked off.’

Brother advises: ‘Shoot them, dammit, and that’s it.’ But the soldier still hesitates: ‘I'll come and write a whole volume to the military prosecutor's office.’

In the meantime, we have collected more than one volume of files… And everyone involved will be held to account!