Center for European Policy Analysis: Putin's Elite Troops - Self-Harming to Save Themselves?
September 13, 2025
September 13, 2025
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Sept. 12, 2025:
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Putin's Elite Troops: Self-Harming to Save Themselves?
Russian soldiers have been accused of injuring themselves to win compensation and avoid the frontline. Is it true?
By Aliide Naylor
Russia's Investigative Committee says members of the 83 Guards Air Assault Brigade shot themselves, and each other, s . . .
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Putin's Elite Troops: Self-Harming to Save Themselves?
Russian soldiers have been accused of injuring themselves to win compensation and avoid the frontline. Is it true?
By Aliide Naylor
Russia's Investigative Committee says members of the 83 Guards Air Assault Brigade shot themselves, and each other, s . . .