Russian military personnel inform the BBC they witnessed comrades being executed on the orders of their commanders.

One individual, tasked with identifying and counting deceased soldiers, submitted comprehensive lists indicating that he is the only survivor from a contingent of 79 men he was deployed with. He claims that after refusing to participate in front-line combat, he was subjected to torture and had urine thrown on him. He reports that others in his unit who also declined would face electrocution, starvation, and were then compelled to participate in meat assaults without any weapons.