1/ Russia's 392nd Rifle Regiment, last seen complaining about its flooded ice-filled trenches two weeks ago, is reportedly in a deplorable state: mass drunkenness, fights between the men and even a covered-up murder in a quarrel over a sleeping bag. ⬇️
2/ A soldier serving with the regiment has told the 'Caution, News' Telegram channel that the man who filmed the video above was subsequently thrown in a pit by his superiors and then taken out of Ukraine. He and his wife are now both facing criminal charges.
3/ The soldier says his unit is wracked by drunkenness, which he says is "thriving among the personnel". They are taking their lead from their commander, who is himself regularly drunk and beats his men.
4/ "He constantly talks drunk on the radio, sends someone away, swears in foul language, threatens to shoot someone. Since the first day we arrived, he has been threatening to shoot people."
As a result, he says, the situation among his comrades is tense.
5/ The commander has surrounded himself with guards to protect himself from his subordinates, who are drinking and "constantly stabbing each other and fighting with their rifle butts."
6/ He says the tensions in the regiment led to a murder that took place before the New Year during "a drunken brawl in a wooded area". The victim "came at his assailants with someone else's gun and got a bullet in the head. What were they fighting about? Only a sleeping bag."
7/ Not surprisingly, this isn't the kind of thing that Russian commanders like to report to their superiors. "They're trying to cover it up, so it's hard to get details. But I heard about the fact that they came to pick up his body on the radio myself," the soldier says.
8/ The man blames his unit's problems on the fact that it has been assembled entirely from mobilised personnel, which he describes as a stupid idea, as they lack any discipline.
9/ He says that "corruption and lawlessness are rampant here. There are all sorts of extortions: 'Let's chip in for all sorts of stuff, but I won't report it.'"
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