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Daily Mirror
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Leigh Mcmanus & Graeme Murray

'Pathetic' Russian Army accidentally leave behind own soldiers in snowy wilderness

The Russian Army were dubbed 'pathetic' after an army truck left soldiers behind in the snow.

In a short piece of footage, soldiers are seen filing on to the back of truck with marked with 'Z'' markings.

The army vehicle is then seen in the video taking off without checking soldiers were properly on board.

Images of short clip taken from above show the track quickly speeding off, but two troops are then seen desperately running after the vehicle.

The Daily Star reports that it is not clear whether they dropped out of the back of the truck or it took off before they were able to board at the undisclosed location.

Russian Army drop soldiers then leaves them behind in the freezing wilderness (@OSINTua/Twitter)

"Military equivalent of forgetting your kid at a gas station while on a family trip," wrote one person in response to the clip on Twitter while another described the Russian forces' actions as 'pathetic'.

There's nothing more dishonourable and shameful than doing something like this to your brothers in arms," wrote another person.

A poster added: "Such an embarrassing moment when you leave your troops behind and they chasing after you."

According to reports, Russia is also leaving behind its dead soldiers to "prevent mothers, wives and daughters from learning the true scale of the war waged by Vladimir Putin ", Ukraine has claimed.

Iryna Vereshchuk, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister for Reintegration of Temporary Occupied Territories, said earlier this month that the Russians are "refusing to negotiate" on the issue.

She said Vladimir Putin is hiding the scale of the war from Russian families, who many claim were "deceived" by authorities into sending their sons to fight.

The soldiers were left behind in the footage (@OSINTua/Twitter)

"Obviously, believing that the bodies of servicemen of the Russian Federation are not worthy to return to their homeland and be buried humanely," Ms Vereshchuk said during an all-Ukrainian telethon.

"At the same time, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has developed and approved a step-by-step procedure for their transfer.

"They leave their dead here in Ukraine without the right to be buried in the Russian Federation for one purpose: to prevent Russian mothers, wives and daughters from learning about the true scale of the war waged by Vladimir Putin, the thousands and thousands killed and the collapse that Russia is waiting if this war continues for some time to come," Ms Vereshchuk continued.

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