Three winters into Putin's savage war, his battered army is devouring itself. Ill-trained conscripts shooting fellow recruits, officers executing men who disobey orders - and troops forced to fight one another to the death: 

 

 

The first shot tore into the back of the man just in front of him – close enough for the Russian private to feel a warm spray of blood across his face.  For a split second, his brain told him it must be Ukrainian fire. Then instinct kicked in: the angle was wrong. The rounds were coming from behind – from somewhere in the line of trees where their own support unit had been.  Someone screamed.

Then a second burst rattled the night. ­Muzzles flashed, stuttering in the darkness.

Within ten seconds, it all became clear: ­Russians were shooting at Russians.

Full story:  Daily Mail

 

 

 

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