 Soldiers from the Republic of Tuva in southern Siberia, who have been drafted to the Russian Army and sent to the war in Ukraine, have made a video address to President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. In a video address circulated on telegram channels on Monday, the servicemen said that they were conscripted on September 29, adding that they were not taught any military skills during the three-month military drills. The servicemen said that they were sent to Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on December 29 and were serving on a frontline, however, they were not given medical care when injured. It is stated in the address that the soldiers were beaten, harassed and even shot at by the police and military personnel of the so-called Donetsk Republic, who have threatened that the soldiers would not be able to survive.