Posted on 08/24/2025 4:17:32 AM PDT by tlozo
One of Russia’s most highly decorated heroes in the war with Ukraine instructed his troops to intentionally shoot him to sit out of combat and collect a fat paycheck, according to investigators — who also found his alleged heroics were completely bogus.
Lt. Col. Konstantin Frolov — nicknamed the “Executioner” for his reputation as a highly skilled sniper — was identified as the mastermind behind the massive military scam where he instructed 35 officers and soldiers in Russia’s elite sniper unit, the prestigious 83rd Air Assault Brigade, to deliberately fire at him and each other, the probe recently concluded, according to Russian newspaper Kommersant.
In return, the troops pocketed nearly $2.5 million in total from the Kremlin for their wounds, the investigation found.
But that was just the tip of the iceberg in exposing the embellished mystique behind Frolov’s military record — including the killing of dozens of Ukrainian soldiers and claims that he had been injured on seven occasions during the war, the outlet reported.
The 39-year-old military leader had been featured prominently as a darling of state media, like when he appeared in a video shared by the Russian Defense Ministry last year to hail soldiers fighting in Putin’s more than three-year-old war in Ukraine
“Since childhood, duty and honor have not been empty words for me,” Frolov claimed in the 2024 video. “I always wanted to be a military man, and I became one.”
In another televised segment, Frolov told a grandiose story about rescuing — and even adopting — a young girl wounded by Ukrainian shelling, a tale now believed to be pure fiction.
“I picked her up and carried her, and she said, ‘uncle, my savior, you’re bleeding’. I looked down, and saw that I was covered in blood,”
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Russian "elite" sniper unit kept shooting themselves and collected $2.5 million
“‘The Executioner’ is a sniper,” the official account for the Defense Ministry proudly wrote on Telegram. “He does not want to return home without a victory".
Nothing say “hero” more than a selfie
It is an odd photo isn’t it, the kind of selfie that guys in their first week of basic might take of their new look.
Irish troll: Sees Ukraine & a large, nuclear-armed eastern neighbor that has violent, imperialist, history of conquest against it, a language they don't respect & says "No parallels here, those are the good guys in all this"
Russians are tremendous liars. It seems like an ability they take pride in. Who can tell or get away with the biggest lie. A military full of drunks and liars things are starting to make sense why they suck at fighting wars
Ivan Prestonovich posts garbage again.
Russians appear to be very... stupid.
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