The Armed Forces is called "diggers": as thanks to the unarmed soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, they move under Bakhmut
According to the Ukrainian defenders who gave NYT comments, Russian soldiers are threatened with execution or imprisonment. Thus, in the pocket of one of the killed occupiers of the Armed Forces found a document, which indicates that for desertion to the military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - the death is threatened. In particular, the audio interception of the Russians, which also refers to the shooting for leaving the battlefield, also published.
Ukrainian defenders demonstrated a video from Bakhmut to journalists, made from a drone, which shows how a Russian soldier moves towards the Armed Forces. After he came under fire, he wanted to escape, but then turned back and continued his advance. The commander of the Air Intelligence Unit Yaroslav said that the Russian soldier had no weapon, and he called the Armed Forces similar to him "diggers".
Russian soldiers without weapons with the shovels themselves are sent towards the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces to dig trenches, or they are engaged in the equipment of ammunition. The Armed Forces notes the "good distribution of tasks" from Russians who go on the offensive, especially their ability to dig quickly in the captured areas. "They soon have a whole village," Yaroslav said. The military spoke about the murder of unarmed soldiers of the Armed Forces.
The audio interception was published by the GUR Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on March 16. The Russian occupier confessed that he shot two Fighters of the Armed Forces, who were captured in positions. At the same time, he boasted that his superiors only waved his finger and will not punish for it. Russian invaders, who were mobilized in Irkutsk in the Russian Federation and transferred to Ukraine, arranged a rebellion.