A great twitter thread on Russia using ethnic minorities as cannon fodder in #Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1590040733502709760?s=20&t=a8YumV5RkvY8dmbCuYQrBw

among other things:
"According to one of the surviving Baskhirs, they were at the front line for two and a half weeks. They were not even given ammunition, but had to scavenge it from supplies left behind in the forest by other Russian troops. Their weapons were old and unusable."