Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ Recriminations are continuing over the failure of Russia's border defences in the Kursk region. Fraud, substitution of expensive materials with cheap ones and "the creation of a dozen shady companies with shady contractors and employees" are blamed. ⬇️

https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1847660595379605915

2/ Russian milbloggers Roman Alekhine and Anastasia Kashevarova are presenting conflicting arguments about what happened on the border in the Kursk region. Russian investigators are reported to have confiscated some dragon's teeth to inspect them for quality deficiencies.

3/ Alekhine defends the contractors, who he says were working in difficult conditions that included employees being hit by Ukrainian fire: "There was a leak in the media that contracts were not fulfilled by a number of subcontractors…

4/ …who took on something they had no experience with and went down in the places where the shelling began. They were quickly replaced, people's wage arrears were paid off, as far as I know.

5/ "In fact, the fortifications were completed on 1 February 2023, and at the same time they were transferred to the Ministry of Defence and the Border Guard Service, which is confirmed by the relevant acts signed by representatives of the departments. And this is a fact! ...

6/ "By the way, one of the contentious points is people, that is, entrepreneurs, whose employees were injured, who, with the beginning of the shelling, had to pay much higher salaries and who lost a lot of construction equipment under shelling,…

7/ …which the insurance company refused to reimburse, and it is the authorities who have been looking for solutions since February, including through the court.

8/ "Well, I will summarize with general information: in 2022-2023, civilian builders built an echeloned defense line consisting of battalion defence areas and more than 330 kilometers of barrier line with an anti-tank ditch."

9/ Kashevarova rejects this, pointing to "the theft of the budget and the creation of a dozen shady companies with shady contractors and employees".

10/ She points out that this affects the technical part of the contract as well as the financial part, "since the quality of contract performance suffers and expensive materials are replaced with cheap ones."

11/ She comments: "Unfortunately, there were systemic mistakes made by both civilians and the military. What is a line of defence for? - to prevent the enemy from advancing."

12/ "About the same dragon's teeth, they should not just stand, but also be fastened together, and not just in one row. This line of defence is being made according to a military project, it was carried out in the Kursk region by civilians.

13/ "As far as I understand, the military also accepted the completed work.

According to the footage that we saw on social networks from soldiers, in a number of places in the Kursk region they made not just trenches, but entire underground cities.

14/ "If we recall the Belgorod region, the trenches there were knee-deep, by the way, similar problems are also written about from the border of the Bryansk region. They do not write about the Belgorod region in this vein, because the enemy did not break through.

15/ "Why did the enemy break through? Who is to blame? What to do? – eternal Russian questions.

Who is to blame? This is the jurisdiction of law enforcement agencies and courts. Trials are underway, inspections are underway.

16/ "To defend or attack someone without facts is pressure on the investigation. Why did the enemy break through - because the whole system failed.

17/ "1. In 2022, they began to build, how and what they built is now being sorted out by the relevant authorities. The technical assignment was from the military, civilians carried it out, the military also accepted it.

18/ "2. When handing over the fortifications, those who built the Wagner Line were also invited, but if the Kursk officials were not against it, the generals did not let in the "extra" people.

19/ "3. Contractors and subcontractors are sorting out their relationship in arbitration regarding wages for workers. And who stole budget funds where.

20/ "4. There is a clarification between the participants in the state defence order regarding the compliance of fortification structures with technical standards.

21/ "5. There is also an investigation into why there was such a limited contingent in the trenches (whether they meet the technical requirements or not) along the huge length of the border. Conscripts, border guards and several dozen contract soldiers.

22/ "Even the highest quality "dragon's tooth" will not stand up and start shooting at the enemy here.

23/ "6. Everyone is still pointing at each other – who missed the offensive. When local residents were ringing all the alarm bells, those responsible in the military and civilian spheres happily slept through it all.

24/ "Now, where the trenches and dugouts are made well, our men cannot dislodge the enemy.

7. Investigators for economic crimes are checking the firms with which the subcontracts were concluded - how competent they were and whether there were any dead souls [fake employees].

25/ "So there are many questions, the relevant structures are currently working on the answers - the Economic Crime Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Federal Tax Service, the prosecutor's office, arbitration, and the FSB.

26/ "Only ignoramuses can defend or attack one side or the other without evidence." /end

Sources:
🔹 t.me/Alekhin_Telega…
🔹 t.me/akashevarova/7…
🔹 t.me/akashevarova/7…