Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ Two battalion commanders have gone missing from a notorious Donetsk-based Russsian army regiment within five days. Russian warbloggers are concerned that the two have been murdered on the orders of their superiors and denounce the regiment's "lawlessness". ⬇️

2/ The 95th Regiment of the 5th Brigade of the Russian 51st Army has come under renewed scrutiny after two of its battalion commanders – likely captains or majors – disappeared following meetings with their superior officers. 'Petr Lundstrem' writes:

3/ "[The] commander of the 2nd battalion, ... Yuri Burakov, call sign Sedy ... was summoned by the commander of the 95th regiment, call sign Starina – we know the full name of this man.

Since then, Sedy has been missing and has not responded to communication.

4/ "When his wife asked, the regiment commander said that Sedy was a "voluntary deserter".

This is the second battalion commander in 5 days to disappear in this way.

5/ "I appeal to the people holding Sedy and the second battalion commander: everything can still be fixed – return the officers to their units.

There is no need to make them missing in action, there is no need to "zero" [execute] them, there is no need to do irreparable things.

6/ "It will not be possible to hide this, or to make it look like an accident. I promise you that I will personally go to the very top. Not to the command with whom you are in collusion, but to the people who were previously unaware of your existence."

7/ In a subsequent update, Lundstrem claims that an official investigation is underway and that he has "received an unprecedented amount of information from former and current fighters of the 5th brigade and the 95th regiment."

8/ "Most of them, of course, are afraid to speak out openly, because their end may be quick. People are intimidated. But not all...

9/ "I have received information that requires a thorough investigation about: drug trafficking, robberies, looting, extortion, salary theft, trade in fuel and lubricants and humanitarian aid, stolen transport and other details that make your hair stand on end."

10/ It's not clear why Sedy has disappeared, but 'Private Gubarev' suggests (probably correctly) that he has been punished for refusing orders to send his men to their deaths:

11/ "People like Sedy seem to be removed because they refuse to send the remaining personnel to be butchered. This is not the first story I have heard and I think it will not be the last."

12/ Anastasia Kashevarova, who has been campaigning against abuses in the army, is unsurprised. She notes that the 5th brigade has a well-earned reputation for mistreatment of its own men:

13/ "This all happened in the DNR 5th brigade!!! How sick I am of this brigade. Lawlessness is constantly happening there.

People disappear without a trace. I have a whole report on this brigade. I saved so many people from there, and how many I didn't save."

14/ 'When the cannons start singing' objects to it being called a 'Donetsk People's Republic' brigade. It was merged into the Russian army three years ago and is led by Russian officers:

"Why is the 5th "DNR" when it has been Russian for 3 years already?"

15/ "Myasnik Klimenko, who was posthumously awarded the Hero of Russia title, is a Russian general appointed to lead the brigade, not some graduate of the Donetsk military school. And now it is led by Russian officers.

16/ "Moreover, it has always been led by Russian officers and only them, since 2015, and I want to remind you that an attempt to include a fool, like, "hehe, stupid Donbass residents are committing lawlessness" is doomed to failure from the very beginning.

17/ "I remembered [the deceased warblogger] Murz, who complained about how Russian officers destroyed the 5th even before the start of the Special Military Operation in about 2017. It was as if no one knew about this, yeah.

18/ "In the end, all the current "DNR" brigades have long been made up almost entirely of guys who signed contracts in Russia and were born there.

19/ "A friend called me and said that he had never seen so many requests in his life as he had seen from the "DNR" brigades. Why is that? I wonder why there is such a contrast compared to the conventional airborne units from Russia?"

20/ The brigade has been implicated in many reported instances of murder, torture, and corruption over the years. In one of the more notorious cases, men from the brigade tortured to death the pro-Russian American Russell Bentley in April 2024.

https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1824501968821256208

21/ 'Black Hundreds Kitchen' comments that "recently, in the remnants of the regiment, there has been a series of murky deaths, disappearances, the testing of soldiers in basements has been put on stream, the regiment is being mercilessly worn down."

22/ "Unfortunately, with the change of command in early 2023, the glorious 123rd regiment of the DPR People's Militia turned into the 95th and became the embodiment of all the worst in the army: …

23/ …meaty crazy assaults, beaten-up drug addict commanders, fake soldiers with fake wounds, business schemes exploiting Russian blood.

24/ "The most fabulous swindlers began to find refuge in the 95th regiment: ... one crazy commander was replaced by another, even crazier commander, and the situation of ordinary soldiers and honest officers became worse and more unenviable.

25/ "All the competent authorities and the government have long been aware of what is happening in the 5th Brigade, to which the 95th Regiment belongs, some steps are being taken, but the millstones grind very slowly, and our people continue to disappear and die there." /end

Sources:
🔹 t.me/petrlundstrem/…
🔹 t.me/petrlundstrem/…
🔹 t.me/chernaya100kit…
🔹 t.me/pgubarev/1373
🔹 t.me/akashevarova/8…
🔹 t.me/cs_association…