Putin’s soldiers are ‘high on drugs’ and ‘don’t feel pain’ | World | News
Russian soldiers are drugged to keep on fighting in Ukraine and “don’t feel pain”, a platoon leader has claimed. Russian troops on the front line are allegedly being given substances that dull fear and pain, according to accounts from captured fighters and Ukrainian forces. Prisoners have reportedly told their captors that before being sent into combat, they were administered drugs that left them able to continue fighting even when wounded.
A Ukrainian platoon leader, Tetiana Chornovol, described the behaviour of these soldiers as almost mechanical. She said they appear unaffected by freezing temperatures, fear or injuries.
She said: “The Russian soldiers don’t feel cold… don’t feel fear… don’t feel pain. They act like a machine.”
She recalled one clash where her unit had to deploy around 15 drones just to stop two advancing soldiers she believed were under the influence of drugs. Even when a grenade exploded close behind one of them, he showed no reaction and continued moving forward.
According to her account, the same fighters kept pushing ahead despite being hit by shrapnel from drone strikes. In another incident, a group of these troops reportedly advanced for more than a mile while under sustained fire, only being halted when snipers shot them in the head.
She said: “Most of them don’t live until morning. But they keep advancing anyway.”
The exact substances being used are unclear, as the captured troops allegedly did not know what they had been given.
However, earlier research cited possible stimulant-type drugs, including compounds known as loksidan and UR-1.
