1/ Officers in a Russian rifle regiment are said to be labelling men as deserters to avoid paying them, beating them, denying medical care, forcing female medics into sex, and sending men into assaults without equipment while telling them to scavenge it on the battlefield. ⬇️ 
2/ The wives, mothers and sisters of men serving with the Russian 54th Motorised Rifle Regiment have published an 'appeal to the Tsar' complaining that their "husbands, sons and fathers are subjected to illegal actions by inhuman beings endowed with power," i.e. army commanders.
3/ One of the mothers says that in the unit, soldiers are illegally labelled as deserters – even when they are still serving – to deprive them and their families of wages and compensation. They are also denied treatment when they are wounded.
4/ "The fighters are not given medical care, but are handcuffed and beaten. When they leave for a combat mission, the fighters are robbed of their phones, maps, personal belongings, and then all of this is simply lost and disappears."
5/ "The guys are practically not evacuated. If the guys are wounded, they crawl to the designated place, bleeding. Dead soldiers are not evacuated.
6/ "If the guys are wounded, they end up in the hospital with shrapnel, with serious wounds, they are not sent home for rehabilitation, they are sent back into battle. The guys never return from there."
7/ They also say that supplies of 'humanitarian aid' sent to the soldiers by relatives and volunteers never arrives, but is simply sold (likely by officers or corrupt logistics personnel; this is a common occurrence).
8/ The relatives say that "commanders are asking for money so that servicemen do not go on combat missions." If soldiers are seen as 'undesirable' or insubordinate they are "zeroed out", or killed.
9/ According to the relatives, men are sent into assaults with little equipment and are told to scavenge what they need on the battlefield, presumably from the corpses of those who were sent before them.
10/ The relatives ask: "They are sending them to a place from which it is practically impossible to return. They are sending people who are not properly trained or prepared. The question is simple: why is all this being done?"
11/ Their complaints are consistent with previous disclosures about the 54th Motorised Rifle Regiment's commanders. In September 2024, soldiers complained that they were being extorted, beaten, tied up and liquidated by their officers.
https://x.com/Barong369/status/1832670739054420464
12/ Junior officers were also violently abused, according to a series of text messages attributed to a soldier with the unit who described what was happening.
13/ "The officer was handcuffed to a pole, beaten in a drunken stupor by the battalion commander and the chief of staff, they beat him so hard that a couple of ribs were broken, after which [the commander] shouted that he "would suck his Armenian dick"."
14/ According to a detailed account published on the Russian social media site VK, "this battalion "commander" directly with the chief of staff do not hesitate to collect a "voluntary tribute" from their subordinates every month in the form of a receipt...
15/ ...for the amount of 50,000 rubles [$618]. Those who refused to chip in, the battalion commander repeatedly sent to positions where it is simply unrealistic to survive. In other words, "zeroing out" the unwanted.
16/ "In addition, the unit actively and cynically carries out:
- forgery of BR (Combat Order) documents, which, if desired, can be bought from the battalion commander for 40,000 rubles [$495] and leave the unit for an indefinite period;
- sale of humanitarian aid, etc."
- forgery of BR (Combat Order) documents, which, if desired, can be bought from the battalion commander for 40,000 rubles [$495] and leave the unit for an indefinite period;
- sale of humanitarian aid, etc."
17/ According to a text message reportedly from a soldier in the unit, "A medic girl was sent away because she didn't give [sex] to the battalion commander, so he immediately sent her to zeroing."
18/ "That poor thing sat in the trench, hid from the attacks, shook, and then walked back on foot through the minefield. She miraculously survived."
19/ It was also reported recently that the regiment has a unit "made up entirely of former prisoners" which is responsible for tracking down and returning deserters, evidently with some degree of force. /end
https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1922265507270459420
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