Severely Injured Russian Soldiers Are Sent Back To Ukraine War Without Doctor's Approval: Report

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Severely Injured Russian Soldiers Are Sent Back To Ukraine War Without Doctor's Approval: ReportKEY POINTS- Two Russian soldiers with serious lung wounds were sent to the combat zone instead of the medical commission- The Human Rights Council is now investigating the allegations- Russia has lost over 113,000 military personnel since February 2022Russian soldiers who have been severely injured in the war in Ukraine are being sent back to the frontline without approval from the military medical commission, a report showed.Two Russian servicemen who were receiving treatment for severe lung wounds were told by their commanders that they would be sent to the battlefield again instead of the medical commission, a report by independent news outlet Agentstvo said, citing Valentina Melnikova, executive secretary of the Soldiers' Mothers Committee.Melnikova claimed that, in 2022, the Ministry of Defense of Russia prepared a document where it was stated that medical examinations of citizens who were conscripted to the Russian army would be "conducted under column III of the schedule of diseases."As a result, the treatments that they received simply go down the drain, and instead of healthy people, we can get people with disabilities.Since Russia launched its unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February, Moscow has lost 113,390 military personnel in combat, estimates from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine showed."

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