{"id":418002,"date":"2022-03-18T14:03:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T11:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/russian-troops-reportedly-shooting-themselves-in-the-legs-to-avoid-fighting\/"},"modified":"2022-03-18T14:03:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T11:03:23","slug":"russian-troops-reportedly-shooting-themselves-in-the-legs-to-avoid-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russian-troops-reportedly-shooting-themselves-in-the-legs-to-avoid-fighting\/","title":{"rendered":"#Russian troops reportedly shooting themselves in the legs to avoid fighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2c2d16d0413\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2c2d16d0413\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russian-troops-reportedly-shooting-themselves-in-the-legs-to-avoid-fighting\/#%E2%80%9CRussian_troops_reportedly_shooting_themselves_in_the_legs_to_avoid_fighting%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Russian troops reportedly shooting themselves in the legs to avoid fighting&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRussian_troops_reportedly_shooting_themselves_in_the_legs_to_avoid_fighting%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Russian troops reportedly shooting themselves in the legs to avoid fighting&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>Morale is so low among invading Russian forces that soldiers have reportedly been shooting themselves in the legs to avoid fighting \u2013 using Ukrainian ammunition to make it <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear they were hit by the defenders.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian troops have been widely reported to be demoralized in the invasion, which has already claimed as many as 14,000 of them, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MFA_Ukraine\/status\/1504763328324907015\">according to the latest estimate<\/a> from the Ukrainian government.<\/p>\n<p>In a conversation between soldiers <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nexta_tv\/status\/1504393807198138383\">intercepted by Belarusian media outlet NEXTA<\/a>, one Russian said, \u201cThey\u2019ve been shooting at us for 14 days. We\u2019re scared. We\u2019re stealing food, breaking into houses. We\u2019re killing civilians,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/4922058\/russian-troops-shoot-legs-war\/\">The US Sun reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"606\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-15.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The Russian troops are reportedly demoralized in the invasion, according to the latest estimate from the Ukrainian government.\" class=\"wp-image-21570989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-15.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-15.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-15.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Russian troops are reportedly demoralized in the invasion, according to the latest estimate from the Ukrainian government.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-11.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A person mourns next to a wrapped body near a building that was hit by the debris from a rocket in Kyiv on March 17, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-21570983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-11.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-11.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-11.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A person mourns next to a wrapped body near a building that was hit by the debris from a rocket in Kyiv on March 17, 2022. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cRussian officers shoot themselves in the legs to go home. There are corpses everywhere,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Another soldier was heard saying that his comrades are \u201clooking for Ukrainian ammunition in order to shoot themselves in the legs and go to hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deserters face harsh punishment in the motherland, so using Ukrainian weapons and ammo on themselves allows them to make their self-inflicted wounds appear to be battlefield wounds, according to reports.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Captured Russian air force officers answer media questions at a press conference in the Interfax news agency in Ukraine on March 11, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-21570994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Captured Russian air force officers answer <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> questions at a press conference in the Interfax <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> agency in Ukraine on March 11, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-12.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A Police officer walks at the site of a bombing that damaged residential buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine on March 18, 2022. \" class=\"wp-image-21570988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-12.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-12.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-12.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A Police officer walks at the site of a bombing that damaged residential buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine on March 18, 2022. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A soldier who called his mother back home is heard in an intercepted audio saying the disillusioned troops were using 7.62 mm bullets fired by their enemies rather than 5.62 rounds fired by their own AK-47 assault rifles, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-legs-26495336\">the Mirror reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p><strong>Get the latest<\/strong> <strong>updates<\/strong> <strong>in the Russia-Ukraine conflict with The Post\u2019s live coverage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>Captured Russian soldiers have been shown on video sobbing as they apologized for killing Ukrainian civilians, including children \u2014 and admitted that the invasion ordered by President Vladimir Putin was a \u201cterrible mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, footage of captured troops has raised questions about whether Ukraine is violating the Geneva Conventions, which provide POWs with protections.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A man walks past a damaged residential building in the aftermath of a shelling in the Podilskyi district of Kyiv, Ukraine on March 18, 2022. \" class=\"wp-image-21571023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-soldiers-shooting-themselves-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A man walks past a damaged residential building in the aftermath of a shelling in the Podilskyi district of Kyiv, Ukraine on March 18, 2022. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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