Russian officers refused to collect the bodies of dead troops so the military wouldn't have to pay their families, convict soldier says

• An ex-convict Russian soldier said officers in Putin's army refused to collect the dead bodies of fallen troops.
• The soldier told The New York Times that it let the Russian military dodge paying their families compensation.
• Russia has often downplayed the number of its casualties during its invasion of Ukraine. 

An ex-convict gave horrific insight into serving in the Russian army, saying his officers refused to collect the dead bodies of soldiers from the battlefield so that the Russian military wouldn't have to pay their families, according to The New York Times.