Russian troops ‘shoot themselves in the LEGS to avoid fighting in Ukraine’, as Putin’s war machine continues to crumble

RUSSIAN soldiers are shooting themselves in the legs to avoid fighting in Ukraine, it is reported. Troops look for Ukrainian ammunition to use so they can go to hospital without it looking like a self-inflicted wound.  APRussian troops are shooting themselves in the legs to avoid fighting in Ukraine[/caption] APKilling peaceful civilians has caused a collapse in morale of Putin’s troops[/caption] It follows a collapse in morale among Putin’s forces after they have been forced to kill peaceful civilians. In one conversation between soldiers intercepted by NEXTA, a Russian said: “They’ve been shooting at us for 14 days. We’re scared. We’re stealing food, breaking into houses. We’re killing civilians. “Russian officers shoot themselves in the legs to go home. There are corpses everywhere. They collected eight wagons of cargo 200.” Another said troops are “looking for Ukrainian ammunition in order to shoot themselves in the legs and go to hospital”. READ MORE ON UKRAINE RUSSIA ROUT How Putin's paras have been smashed by hero Ukrainians as Russian army crumbles 'SO PAINFUL' We waited for a new school for ten years, then Putin destroyed it in a second It is thought harsh punishments will be dished out to soldiers who desert the field when they return to Russia. It comes after furious soldiers warned they will rise up against Vladimir Putin. His troops branded one particular airstrike on a maternity hospital “the most perverse f***ing form of neo-Nazism”. And soldiers have since warned their warmongering leader he “won’t hide this for long”, adding “we all will be judged”. Most read in News RUSSIA ROUT How Putin's paras have been smashed by hero Ukrainians as Russian army crumbles TANK BLITZ Moment Russian 'Z' tank is hunted down and blown to bits as crew try to flee ON THE FRONT WINE I ordered a £4,500 taxi to Ukraine to help after downing pink gins SHAMROCK & ROLL Brits get St Patrick's Day party started early as they paint the town green MUMMY'S HOME! Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe hugs daughter Gabriella during emotional reunion MOTHER OF ALL HEROES Ukrainian mum of 12 killed on front line fighting Putin's soldiers One reconnaissance officer, Vladimir, told an international media briefing this week: “I want to tell our commander-in-chief to stop terror acts in Ukraine because when we come back we’ll rise against him.” Another officer at the same event told Putin: “You won’t hide this for long. There are many like us here. Sooner or later, we’ll come home.” One Russian fighter pilot, Maxim, became emotional while speaking about the suffering civilians have had to endure since his country’s invasion. He told CNN: “I don’t know, what can justify, f***, the tears of a child, or even worse, the deaths of innocent people, children.” The soldiers laid the blame at the feet of Russian commanders for “horrifying” crimes against “peaceful Ukrainian civilians” – and warned “you cannot forgive such things”. And CNN reported another soldier saying: “Russian President Vladimir Putin has given orders to commit crimes. “It’s not just to demilitarize Ukraine or defeat the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but now cities of peaceful civilians are being destroyed. “The crimes that we committed; we all will be judged.” And baby-faced Russian soldiers last week said they were sent to die like meat and blasted Putin as a criminal. The captured troops said they were deceived by their leader, adding: “We want to stop, we want to tell the truth to the whole world. Children are dying for nothing,” one soldier told a packed press conference. “Putin is a liar. I want to go home, I don’t want to be here, I am ashamed, forgive me.” The men said they were nothing but cannon fodder for Russian generals who were sending inexperienced, conscripted troops to their early deaths. “We are meat, we are being killed by aircraft and artillery bombing peaceful cities,” one soldier said. Read More on The Sun GOING NOWHERE ‘Hero’ P&O captain locks himself on ship & bars cops from coming aboard THEY'RE OFF! Josie Gibson stunned as Love Island's Chris Hughes insults her at Cheltenham “Comrade president of Russia, you are lying – at your whim you commit such crimes here. “Putin… you are wrong, you are guilty. I ask to end all of this. Please give the order to all servicemen to return home.” UKrinformTVCaptured Russian soldiers said they were sent into Ukraine to be killed ‘like meat’[/caption] GettyRussian troops have warned Putin they will rise up against him[/caption]