Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

@wartranslated 1/ This is an interesting call – it reflects themes I've covered previously, such as the demoralising effect of high casualties, why Russian soldiers are breaking and quitting the battlefield, and the uselessness of Russian commanders. (See link below).

https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1556386752524320781

@wartranslated 2/ Transcript follows:

(R1): How are you doing there? Tell me.

(R2): It's so fucked here. Three days ago... no four now... no, three... Anyway, we attached a "Zushka" [anti-air system] to an MT-LB [armoured fighting vehicle]. Went onto hohols [Ukrainians] on it. It was ATGM'd.

@wartranslated 3/ (R1) It was what?

(R2) ATGM'd. Fucked it with an ATGM [anti-tank guided missile], basically. One 200 [dead], two 300 [wounded], one is critical. And yesterday the last village which at the time was not taken away from us. It was attacked. Twelve 200 and two 300.

@wartranslated 4/ (R1) They're pressing you hard there... Did you fall back even more?

(R2) Yes, it's because the brigade commander is a retard. The village was in the very lowland, and they went to it, took defence in it.

@wartranslated 5/ (R2) They could view one side, but the other side where the enemy was they couldn't see. Didn't place checkpoints. In result, the snipers said how they sat on their checkpoint, looked at, basically, there was a hill behind the village.

@wartranslated 6/ (R2) On that hill, 300, 400 meters from the village were the hohols, ukrops. They said ukrops even had some formation, they were forming, discussing something. He [the sniper] said he was observing them, reported to the brigade commander. He responded: "Keep observing".

@wartranslated 7/ (R2) And in the end they observed enough, the next day they [the Ukrainians] were already bringing some crates. Another day they saw some buff guy in a t-shirt, with a carrying vest, standing waving to them. They reported to the brigade commander, he said, "Keep observing".

@wartranslated 8/ (R2) So they kept observing.

(R1) They took everything?

(R2) Yeah. This brigade commander is a faggot, he's grabbing everything for himself.

(R1) Was he fake or something?

@wartranslated 9/ (R2) Fuck knows. He fucked off, yesterday this attack was, he fucked off the day before, in the evening, from that village.

(R1) So you must have no people left there. Do you have vehicles, at least?

@wartranslated 10/ (R2) We had half a company of snipers dead. They had a platoon, half of the platoon was killed yesterday. Twelve people. And that's it, the snipers are all refusing and going home.

@wartranslated 11/ (R1) Danilka called today, they have mobilisation. All the officers are being taken away. All the sergeants are taken away.

@wartranslated 12/ (R2) They are forming the 3rd Corps. A part have already made it here. I found out from them, those who were meant to replace us, they said they were initially recruited for reinforcement, not for rotation. /end