In Russia, several scores of contract servicemen from Majkop reconnaissance brigade fled from the training ground fearing they would be sent to Donbas, Gazeta.Ru investigation runs, Ukrayinska Pravda reports July 11, 2015.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
ZIK: Russian soldiers faced with 10-year jail sentences for refusing to serve in Donbas
Armed pro-Russian seperatists stand guard near a bread distribution on the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on July 7, 2015.
