Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ After a drunken Russian officer ordered his lightly armed unit into a disastrous assault in which 300 men were lost, the survivors mutinied and refused to carry out further orders. They were reportedly imprisoned in a notorious torture facility. ⬇️

2/ ASTRA reports on the fate of mobilised men from the 12th Guards Tank Regiment (military unit 31985), based in the Moscow region, who were sent into an assault that likely took place around Synkivka near Kupiansk. In a letter sent to military prosecutors, relatives say:

3/ "According to our soldiers, their command in the person of Lieutenant Colonel Mikovson (who was in a drunken state) sent them to carry out the combat mission, carrying only automatic rifles, without support.

4/ "Entering the position, they came under fire from enemy artillery, this led to the loss of about 300 people of the Russian army."

5/ The relatives say that 42 survivors left the position and refused to carry out further combat missions without artillery support or adequate supplies of ammunition. As a consequence:

6/ "The next day they reported that they were being taken to Zaitseve to clarify all the circumstances. Where it later turned out that they were being held in the basement, in inhumane conditions, tortured and threatened with prison time.

7/ "Their cell phones were taken away and the guys didn’t get in touch anymore.

We demand that this situation be addressed!"

8/ The basement in question is almost certainly that of the former House of Culture in the north-eastern Ukrainian village of Zaitseve, which the Russian Army and FSB have turned into a "Concentration Rehabilitation Centre" for recalcitrant soldiers.

https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1671253659668344832

9/ The letter was written on 12 October. ASTRA reports that according to relatives, the men were released on 14 October. It's not known what their current status is. /end

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