Two russian soldiers correctly predicted their deaths in Ukraine after being ordered on a suicide mission as punishment for arguing with their commander.

The middle-aged drone operators, who had been ordered to storm Ukrainian positions near Pokrovsk, also warned others against joining the "callous" russian army in a posthumously published video.

The video has been widely circulated on the Telegram social messaging app has angered the russian Ministry of Defence, which is trying to boost army recruitment.

In response, andrei belousov, the russian Defence Minister, ordered General valery gerasimov, the head of the russian military, to personally investigate the video and the death of the two soldiers.

Z-bloggers, russian pro-war social media influencers, have also used the death of the two soldiers to criticise the russian Ministry of Defence.

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