Russian colonel tells a bunch of drunk conscripts that they are cannon fodder and going to get slaughtered, they beat him up and brake his face

A top Russian officer reportedly had his face 'smashed' during a brawl with furious conscripts after telling them their lives were going to be thrown away on the front lines in Ukraine.

The mobilised recruits turned on the Russian lieutenant-colonel after he bluntly said: 'You are all cannon fodder, you are facing slaughter.'

The high-ranking officer had bones in his face broken in a brawl in which 'every single one of them was drunk', say reports.

Many of the reservists - among hundreds of thousands thrown into the war under a Vladimir Putin decree - were left distraught after being told they will die at the front.

However, the commander was likely being accurate in saying the Putin call-up will lead to mass deaths of untrained reservists sent to the front.

It is just the latest tale of chaos, fighting and drunkenness among newly mobilised Russian conscripts, with reports of many being sent to front lines with little or zero training while being told to buy their own supplies and equipment.

Russian officers - often themselves conscripted - have been advising new recruits to bring their own sleeping bags, tourniquets, medicines and roll mats.

The recruits turned on top brass officer at the Rubin Palace of Sports in Russian the town of Penza, where the men have been stationed in a makeshift barracks before being sent into battle in Ukraine.

Later reports said the unnamed Lt-Colonel's face was 'all smashed' with broken bones.

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