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Russian unit complains of receiving "criminal orders" and being sent into battle "to be slaughtered"
The New York Times ^ | February 26, 2023 | Hannah Ritchie, Tim Lister, Josh Pennington and Maria Kostenko

Posted on 02/28/2023 3:32:00 AM PST by Timber Rattler

For the second time in a month, men who say they are with a mobilized Russian unit deployed to Ukraine have complained about their treatment and commanders.

The men are from regiment 1439, which comes from Irkutsk in Siberia. A group from the same regiment issued a similar protest in January. It's unclear whether the new video includes men involved in the previous complaint.

In the latest video, published Saturday, the group claimed they had been given “unlawful and criminal orders” from their command and sent to battle without “any support.”

“We are the mobilized from Irkutsk oblast (region), regiment 1439, who were sent to the (self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic) from the city of Novosibirsk on December 31, 2022,” said a hooded soldier reading a message and surrounded by other soldiers.

“We ask for help in dealing with the unlawful and criminal orders of our command … the soldiers of the territorial defense were made into assault units in a single day and were sent to assault the Avdiivka stronghold — without any support from artillery, communications, sappers, reconnaissance — to be slaughtered.” Avdiivka is a hotly contested city close to the front lines in Donetsk.

“DPR commanders are firing machine guns and infantry fighting vehicles at our mobilized soldiers because (they) refuse to join the assault units. There is no point in appealing to the local military prosecutor's office since they are in full collusion with the commanders … At this point, this battalion has been almost completely destroyed,” the hooded soldier continued.

As the video nears its end, the soldier says the unit is in a “desperate position” because the DPR “commanders do not care” about their lives.

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To: JonPreston
Let's play a game and pretend Putintat isn't a WEF-NWO-GLOBALIST HOMO Pushing lackey like JonPreston insists. Let's also pretend he's the defender of 'christianity' (Little c) in Europe and the world. Jon plays this game all day long on FR. Must be nice to be a paid Russian Troll!


21 posted on 02/28/2023 4:40:54 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Timber Rattler

Another one that could refer to us in ‘Nam


22 posted on 02/28/2023 4:48:36 AM PST by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

I never said that about Putin, in fact I don’t like him worth a damn. My interest is in America, it’s citizens and what is in our best interests. But let’s play the game that you started. Why is it most religious nuts like you are haters and hypocrites? And what exactly is the name of the mental illness that causes someone like you to believe in a rapture? Why would a loving god choose you, a foaming at the mouth crackpot, to share eternity with? I suggest you lose your hate real quickly. It’s not normal.


23 posted on 02/28/2023 4:55:31 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston

Sanna Marin - a little bit nutty, a little bit slutty, as Big Bill’s minions used to say.


24 posted on 02/28/2023 5:05:04 AM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Timber Rattler

Do you really believe CNN NYT proxy war propaganda like this?


25 posted on 02/28/2023 5:17:08 AM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: C210N
What is your obsession with his head bodyguard? Why are your photos of him so blurry?




26 posted on 02/28/2023 5:20:33 AM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: kiryandil

I miss her!


27 posted on 02/28/2023 5:24:09 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston

That is exactly the wording used to enter The Sudetenland. It’s eerie.


28 posted on 02/28/2023 5:26:38 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Timber Rattler

fake story...fake news


29 posted on 02/28/2023 5:55:20 AM PST by blackberry1
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