VLADIMIR PUTIN is said to have ordered execution squads to kill his own soldiers if they try to flee his Ukraine invasion.

When the Russian tyrant ordered the invasion nearly a month ago, he expected a quick victory, but his forces have encountered fierce resistance from Ukrainian troops.

Ukrainian security services have reportedly been told by Russian prisoners that troops are being followed by execution squads, in a brutal revival of Stalin’s tactics.

According to the Daily Mail, there have also been reports of Chechen special forces being sent in to stop Russian soldiers fleeing the war.

Ukraine has released videos of Russian captives since Putin’s invasion began, with some of the soldiers claiming they chose to quit rather than fight.

Handwritten letters have also surfaced, purportedly from Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine, informing superior officers of their decision not to return.

A Russian tank commander told Ukrainian troops he wanted to defect after he was reportedly told he would be shot dead if he returned home.

A location was agreed and the Russian officer drove up in his tank before he was taken away by Ukrainian special forces.

Victor Andrusiv, an adviser to Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs, said in a social media post: “It turned out that there was only one left from the tank crew, the rest escaped home.

“He didn’t see the point of war. He could not return home because his commander told him he would shoot him dead and say he died in battle.

“Misha told us that he had almost no food left, that the command structure was chaotic and almost non-existent, and that morale was very low.”

Andrusiv stated that the defector would be paid $10,000 and would spend the remainder of the war in “comfortable conditions,” complete with a television, phone, kitchen, and shower.

“We are seeing cases of surrender when Russian troops voluntarily contact our military and declare that they want to surrender, that they do not take part in active hostilities,” said Denys Monastyrsky, the minister for internal affairs.

When Putin invaded on February 23, he expected a quick victory, but thousands of his troops were killed or injured, and hundreds were captured.

Russian pilots have been shot out of the sky, tanks have been ambushed, and videos of soldiers sobbing after surrendering to Ukrainians have surfaced.

As the Russian tyrant’s invasion plan stalls, there is growing talk of troop defections, desertions, and low morale.

According to a Pentagon document, soldiers simply parked their vehicles and walked away from the fighting into the woods.

According to the Centre for Defence Strategies, a leading Ukrainian think tank, “Russian forces are aware of their hopelessness and are increasingly choosing desertion to avoid death.”

RUNNING OUT OF SUPPLIES

“According to available information, Russian occupation forces operating on Ukrainian territory have ammunition and food supplies for no more than three days,” Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense stated this week.

“It’s the same with fuel, which is replenished by tank trucks.” “The occupiers were unable to organise a pipeline to meet the needs of the troop grouping.”

Ukraine claims to have killed approximately 15,000 Russian troops and destroyed a significant amount of equipment.

In addition, Russia has admitted to losing nearly 10,000 troops in the invasion.

According to Oleksiy Arestovych, a Ukrainian presidential adviser, “active hostilities” between the two sides could be over in two to three weeks.