Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ Mobilised Russians from Kamchatka in the Russian Far East have posted a video complaining that they have been dumped into the 'Donetsk People's Republic' militia to fight alongside convicts being used for so-called 'meat assaults'. They say they're not morally ready. ⬇️

2/ In the video (part 1 above and part 2 here), the men say they were brought from their training camp in Lensk to the occupied Donetsk region in Ukraine. For unexplained reasons, they've been incorporated into the DNR's 'People's Militia' to serve with Storm Z convicts.

3/ They say they have no records of their new assignment, no orders and no commanding officers with them, and they have all been reassigned to roles they were not prepared for. They have already had casualties and want to be returned to their regular unit.

4/ This is not the first time such complaints have been aired in mobik videos. Previous groups of mobiks have complained of their units being disbanded and the men reassigned to the DNR's forces, likely to replenish them after their huge casualties.

https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1634303514120708096

5/ Complaints about irregularities are strikingly common, as this video illustrates. The attachments take place without documentation and often with deceit, while the commanders make themselves scarce.

https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1634303527941029889

6/ Being attached to Storm Z is something I've not seen before, however; the convict units are a revival of the Stalin-era penal battalions ('shtrafbats') and have a reputation for being used in hugely costly assaults. The mobiks are right to be concerned.

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1678367921989353472

7/ It's clear that such irregularities are standard practice, not just the result of poor record-keeping by the Russian army. However, as usual, it's very unlikely that the video will make any difference. /end

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