Russian unit complains of receiving “felony orders” and being despatched into battle “to be slaughtered”
For the second time in a month, males who say they’re with a mobilized Russian unit deployed to Ukraine have complained about their therapy and commanders.
The lads are from regiment 1439, which comes from Irkutsk in Siberia. A gaggle from the identical regiment issued an analogous protest in January. It is unclear whether or not the brand new video contains males concerned within the earlier criticism.
Within the newest video, printed Saturday, the group claimed that they had been given “illegal and felony orders” from their command and despatched to battle with out “any help.”
“We’re the mobilized from Irkutsk oblast (area), regiment 1439, who had been despatched to the (self-proclaimed Donetsk Individuals’s Republic) from town of Novosibirsk on December 31, 2022,” stated a hooded soldier studying a message and surrounded by different troopers.
“We ask for assist in coping with the illegal and felony orders of our command … the troopers of the territorial protection had been made into assault items in a single day and had been despatched to assault the Avdiivka stronghold — with none help from artillery, communications, sappers, reconnaissance — to be slaughtered.”
Avdiivka is a hotly contested metropolis near the entrance traces in Donetsk.
“DPR commanders are firing machine weapons and infantry preventing automobiles at our mobilized troopers as a result of (they) refuse to affix the assault items. There isn’t any level in interesting to the native army prosecutor’s workplace since they’re in full collusion with the commanders … At this level, this battalion has been virtually utterly destroyed,” the hooded soldier continued.
Because the video nears its finish, the soldier says the unit is in a “determined place” as a result of the DPR “commanders don’t care” about their lives.
One other video, additionally purportedly from males of the 1439th, circulated on the finish of January.
In it, a gaggle of troopers stated they had been being threatened and fired at by their commanders for refusing to affix the entrance line, and had been being compelled into fight with out satisfactory help.
“Our command straight tells us that we’re expendable. DPR commanders hearth machine weapons and BMPs at our mobilized troopers as a result of (they) refuse to affix the assault items,” stated a person wearing a army uniform. The video was printed on January 26.
The person alleged that many in his unit had been despatched to the entrance line in assault teams with none coaching, and that two males died consequently, whereas 19 extra had been wounded. He additionally claimed the troopers had been paying for meals and water from their “personal pockets,” dwelling in “full dysfunction” and treating themselves for accidents.
CNN can’t independently confirm the movies, or whether or not the group are certainly troopers from the 1439 regiment.
TVRain — an unbiased Russian outlet — stated it acquired Saturday’s video direct from the troopers.
CNN has requested for remark from the Russian Ministry of Defence.
