Approximately 12 soldiers from a DPR unit shot dead a fellow soldier who suggested surrendering, then deserted; five were later apprehended by military police while the search continued in Rostov Oblast for remaining deserters who had hijacked civilian vehicles.
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Approximately 12 soldiers from a DPR unit shot dead a fellow soldier who suggested surrendering, then deserted; five were later apprehended by military police while the search continued in Rostov Oblast for remaining deserters who had hijacked civilian vehicles.
On May 24 he said his formation would have to leave the Bakhmut sector because in six months of fighting it had taken more than 20,000 troops killed in action.
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Source story: day-459b-2023-05-30