![Russia Now Using “Blocking Units” to Shoot Retreating Soldiers in Ukraine | by Wes O'Donnell | Medium Russia Now Using “Blocking Units” to Shoot Retreating Soldiers in Ukraine | by Wes O'Donnell | Medium](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*pHzbcsJ6uIxCmT6AY9TaFQ.png)
Russia Now Using “Blocking Units” to Shoot Retreating Soldiers in Ukraine | by Wes O'Donnell | Medium
![WWII Pictures on X: "This day in 1942, Stalin issued Order No. 227, ordering "Not a step back!". In the first three months, blocking detachments shot 1,000 penal troops and sent 24,000 WWII Pictures on X: "This day in 1942, Stalin issued Order No. 227, ordering "Not a step back!". In the first three months, blocking detachments shot 1,000 penal troops and sent 24,000](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7X8z3oXsAERRxd.jpg)
WWII Pictures on X: "This day in 1942, Stalin issued Order No. 227, ordering "Not a step back!". In the first three months, blocking detachments shot 1,000 penal troops and sent 24,000
![Multifocal blocking of background fluorescence from the choroid, serous... | Download Scientific Diagram Multifocal blocking of background fluorescence from the choroid, serous... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325456150/figure/fig4/AS:632132661690368@1527723579084/Multifocal-blocking-of-background-fluorescence-from-the-choroid-serous-detachments-with.png)
Multifocal blocking of background fluorescence from the choroid, serous... | Download Scientific Diagram
How many Soviet Red Army soldiers were killed by blocking detachments, and what sources are there to support? - Quora
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Neo-Nazi Fighters Set Up Blocking Detachment to Prevent Ukrainian Troops From Retreating, POW Says - 24.04.2022, Sputnik International
![TIL that during WWII, the Soviets executed 158,000 soldiers for desertion. Each Soviet army had "blocking detachments" (barrier troops) which would shoot "cowards" and fleeing panicked troops at the rear. : r/todayilearned TIL that during WWII, the Soviets executed 158,000 soldiers for desertion. Each Soviet army had "blocking detachments" (barrier troops) which would shoot "cowards" and fleeing panicked troops at the rear. : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/bJgPSAL3Hr2R-GEy6XCIxyhXR-T8nFfS1LzVwRdkE8c.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1e055b58901b6ddf15c11fb40baab3c31b5c5053)