Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ A video showing wounded Russian soldiers literally rotting for lack of medical treatment has prompted outrage from Russian bloggers, who say that disorganisation and commanders' lies about their control of territory are at the root of the problem. ⬇️

https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1849840187506872569

2/ 'Veterans' Notes' is scathing towards the commanders who left the men in a ruined building in Toretsk without food, water, ammunition or medical assistance.

3/ "Command of the 132nd brigade of the Russian Armed Forces, are you completely out of your minds? Your soldiers are rotting alive on the front line and you don't give a shit?!

4/ "The chief of medical staff and other responsible persons should have a stake shoved up their asses for such an attitude towards the 300s [wounded]. I've seen a lot of things over the past two and a half years, but this is really fucked up."

5/ 'Doctors, you are not alone' points to commanders' attitudes and battlefield conditions, especially the constant threat from drones: "The specifics of the current war are such that if you are wounded, it can take a very long time to evacuate you.

6/ "The reasons range from the indifference of the command to the objective impossibility of doing this due to the activity of enemy UAVs. And this means that the ability to provide assistance to yourself and your comrades is becoming increasingly important."

7/ As Russian commentators have noted before, medical care on the Russian front lines is very often lacking. Recent reports have said that medically trained staff are being held back from the front lines because they are in such short supply.

https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1848641744310546532

8/ Roman Alekhine attributes the situation to a combination of factors that include chronic disorganisation and severe shortages of equipment. He writes:

9/ "We can roughly simulate a dialogue. The company commander comes to the battalion commander: "I have 300s rotting there, we need to pull them out."

Battalion commander: find a replacement.

Company commanders: I don’t have any. But we need to.

10/ "Battalion commander: we don’t have any vehicles or means for evacuation. Can you find some?

Company commanders: Where can I find them? Maybe I can send them some medicine by Mavic [drone]?

Battalion commander: send some.

Company commanders: I don’t have any Mavics.

11/ "Battalion commander: I don’t have any either. We will search. (The search drags on for days and weeks.)"

12/ Alekhine also puts the blame on field commanders lying to their superiors about their battlefield successes, which he says is a widespread problem. This has been a persistent issue over the past two years (see thread below).

https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1811504251216048252

13/ In this case, the wounded soldiers in Toretsk are likely unable to evacuate due to the area not yet being fully under Russian control – but it's very likely that their commanders have falsely claimed otherwise, as Alekhine observes.

14/ "But in the reports from the battalion commander and above, it is written everywhere that the territory is behind us and there is a combat-ready unit there.

15/ "And now the main thing: what decision will the leadership make when the report says everyone has everything or, as one journalist said, "a colossal advantage in everything."

16/ "These soldiers are killed not by the lack of evacuation, but like many others – by the lies that permeate many units.

17/ "And maybe the brigade commander would be ready to do something, but lies and everything else need to be changed from above, that is, a rule needs to be set up, under which lies will be intolerable and they will be punished more harshly than for everything else.

18/ "Because they killed a lot of soldiers.

And we also need to stop demanding only good news and not yell at commanders who bring bad news, but accept it with gratitude, because this is a reason to fix the situation, and not accumulate problems until they explode.

19/ "Of course, subordinates also need to be trained to bring bad news. No, not smooth them over, but bring them with analysis, conclusions and suggestions.

20/ "Then the system will begin to learn from mistakes and problems, and therefore, not allow them to be repeated in the future and quickly correct them." /end

Sources:
🔹 t.me/notes_veterans…
🔹 t.me/vrachivyneodni…
🔹 t.me/Alekhin_Telega…