Russians sent to fight on the front lines are mutinying, fighting amongst themselves, getting locked in basements and lost in the chaos of a faltering offensive, a flurry of videos and messages from inside Vladimir Putin's army show.

Recently mobilised soldiers are refusing orders to face "certain death" by joining "human wave" attacks that they say are destroying entire units at a time.

Some are appealing directly to Mr Putin in desperate videos, while others are standing up to Kremlin officials sent to quell the rebellion.

Reports are emerging of fighters being locked underground for declining to become targets in the "shooting range" that has become the front line.

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