Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ 76 Russian soldiers are reported to have been killed in a Ukrainian attack in the Kherson region after being used as bait – or 'living targets' – by their commanders. The incident, probably a HIMARS strike, is reportedly being hushed up by the Russian military. ⬇️

2/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports that the incident took place on 10 November and involved soldiers from the 35th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District.

3/ According to a source, the 35th Brigade was ordered to send two battalions to the Hola Prystan area on the Russian-held left bank of the Dnipro, south-west of Kherson city. This was intended as a 'distraction manoeuvre' to mislead the Ukrainians about Russian intentions.

4/ VChK-OGPU reports: "The personnel of the 1st Motorized Rifle Battalion of the 35th Motorized Rifle Brigade were loaded into a vehicle without proper equipment and, as part of two columns, left for the Hladkivka area."

5/ "While in Hladkikva, both columns of the 1st MRB were struck by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as a result of which 76 servicemen were killed."

6/ Hladkikva is about 25 km (15 miles) from the Ukrainian-held side of the Dnipro. Judging from the number of casualties, it's likely this was a HIMARS strike.

7/ An investigation is said to be underway, but "an attempt is being made to conceal the fact of an obviously criminal order from the group’s command, due to which the military personnel found themselves in the role of a living target." /end

Source:
t.me/vchkogpu/43772