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1/ Further instances are being reported of wounded Russian soldiers being denied medical treatment and sent straight back into battle. This follows earlier reports that even soldiers with broken limbs are being forced to fight. ⬇️
2/ As previously reported, the Russian military has prohibited injured soldiers from being sent to hospitals or going on sick leave. Although nominally applying only to stormtroopers, ordinary contract soldiers are reportedly being treated the same way.
3/ 'Mobilisation News' reports the story of Private Vitaly Avlasevich, a gunner/radio operator in the 109th Independent Rifle Regiment (unit 34494). According to his wife, he was first wounded on 3 March 2023 but was not sent to hospital, let alone given leave or rehabilitation.
4/ On 19 January 2024, he was wounded again but "almost immediately returned to his position with a temperature, took antibiotics and walked with difficulty." He was wounded a third time on 1 August, but was again refused medical care and hospitalisation by his unit commander.
5/ His wife Elena says that since he was mobilised in 2022, Vitaly has never been given leave – she has not seen him for almost two years. She has recorded and published a video appeal to Defence Minister Andrey Belousov after her appeals elsewhere were ignored.
6/ Although injured soldiers have themselves recorded similar appeals, they have usually had little success. Those in the video below reportedly had their crutches and phones taken away and were likely sent back to the front lines. /end

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Aug 16
1/ Russia is reportedly creating 'Kursk battalions' of newly enlisted conscripts, many of whom are barely trained teenagers paid only $0.75 a day, are being sent to Kursk to fight the Ukrainian incursion. Some are being forced to sign contracts to fight at the front lines. ⬇️
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2/ According to the Russian news outlets ASTRA and 'Beware, News', conscripts serving with the 80th Motorised Rifle Division based near Murmansk are being prepared for a "business trip" to the Kursk region.
3/ A similar "trip" is reportedly being organised in the Irkutsk region. Conscripts who were drafted in the spring of 2024 have told relatives that they will be sent to the Kursk and Belgorod regions to defend the border. They will replace conscripts who are already there.
Read 27 tweets
Aug 14
1/ Hundreds of Russians who have refused to fight for various reasons – age, sickness, mental health – are reported to have been taken from a military base where they were being held and flown to Kursk, where they will likely be used in efforts to repel Ukraine's incursion. ⬇️ Image
2/ ASTRA reports that hundreds of 'refuseniks' have been held at Kamenka near St Petersburg, where the 138th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade is based. Relatives say that some are unfit to fight, one man is 70 years old and can barely walk, and another has only one eye. Image
3/ The existence of the Kamenka military detention facility does not seem to have been reported previously. It suggests that different regimes are in place in Russia and occupied Ukraine, where refuseniks have been tortured, beaten and starved.
Read 17 tweets
Aug 14
1/ Numerous adverts have appeared on Avito, Russia's equivalent of eBay, seeking workers to dig trenches in the Kursk region. It's likely that this is related to the rapid construction of a trench network located well behind the current front line. ⬇️
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2/ As reported by @Osinttechnical, the Russians are racing to dig a trench network in an arc about 45 km from the border. They likely intend to convert the battle from a dynamic to a positional one, which would be harder for Ukraine to overcome.
3/ The Avito adverts typically ask for "workers [who are] urgently required in the Kursk region for the construction of fortification structures (trenches, pillboxes, anti-tank structures)." They offer between 5,000–7,000 rubles per shift ($56–78). No experience is required.
Read 10 tweets
Aug 14
1/ Russia's far-right ultranationalist NOD movement has held a march in Magadan in Russia's Far East, demanding that Washington, D.C. be attacked with RS-24 Yars and RS-28 Sarmat ICBMs, plus the Poseidon intercontinental nuclear torpedo, in revenge for "Kursk and Kherson". ⬇️
2/ The NOD (National Liberation Movement) march was held on 11 August with the approval of the mayor's office, which allowed them to close the city's Gorky Street for the demonstration.
3/ The participants wore military dress while chanting "To Washington!" and carrying banners in the colours of St George's ribbon. They were accompanied by a "Sarmatmobile" with the inscription "I am Russian" and carrying a mock ICBM with the words "To Washington!" written on it.
Read 9 tweets
Aug 13
1/ @olliecarroll commented a few days ago on how "heavenly" the roads in the Kursk region look compared to elsewhere. At the same time, the building of border defences has clearly been neglected. Corruption is reportedly the reason for both phenomena. ⬇️
2/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports that Russia's Transport Minister, Roman Starovoyt, has been in an "agitated" state since Ukraine invaded the Kursk region. The reasons are said to lie in his previous role as head of the Kursk regional government. Image
3/ Starovoyt led the regional government from October 2018 to May 2024 before being promoted by Putin to Transport Minister. During that time, the channel reports, 16 billion rubles ($176 million) were supposed to have been spent on border defences in the Kursk region.
Read 13 tweets
Aug 13
1/ The Russian publication 'Interesting Stories' has published a lengthy interview with a former Russian army officer who opposed the invasion of Ukraine. He explains how the Ukrainians were able to invade the Kursk region so easily. Here are some extracts. ⬇️ Image
2/ The former officer comments that the Russian Volunteer Corps and Freedom of Russia Legion began mounting raids into the Kursk region in March 2024. This was done to observe "how quickly they respond to your arrival, how many forces are there, where, what, how."
3/ While the Ukrainians were gathering intelligence on the ground, the officer says, the Russians didn't react: "what changed on our side [on the border] in six months? Fucking nothing."
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