Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ The developers of the Russian heavy bomber drone 'Kukushka' have been sent to their deaths en masse, according to the father of one of the men. He says they were deliberately killed as they were regarded as 'inconveniences' by their commanders. ⬇️

https://x.com/sambendett/status/1891958218492178774

2/ Alexander Igorevich Anorin has recorded a video accusing commanders in the 102nd Motorised Rifle Regiment (military unit 91706) of sending a group of UAV developers to their deaths in assaults against Ukrainian positions.

3/ He says the commander of the regiment's 2nd Batallion, Boris Borisovich Kravchenko, call sign "Azak," and the regiment's deputy political officer, Samvel Karapetyan, sent the drone developers to die in an assault near Poltavka in the Zaporizhzhia region in July 2025.

4/ Almost all of the men were killed, including the lead developer, Junior Lieutenant Alexey Olegovich Glazkov, call sign "Azimuth." This was despite another unit seeking to transfer Glazkov to its ranks to that he could develop his drones further there.

5/ According to Anorin, Kravchenko ignored Glazkov's transfer requests, leading to conflict between the two men. On 28 June, he sent Glazkov on a combat mission, and on 23 July, Glazkov was declared missing near Poltavka.

6/ At the time, Poltavka was a frontline village under intense assault from Russian forces. It finally fell in October 2025 after months of fighting.

Anorin speculates that this decision was made deliberately to get rid of 'inconvenient' soldiers. He says:

7/ "There can only be two explanations for this action. Either [Kravchenko and] Karapetyan are working for the enemy, or they were asked to remove an inconvenient group of developers, since the Ministry of Defence has allocated funds for the development of heavy drones,…

8/ …and these funds should be going to the right people in Moscow."

He also accuses the battalion commanders of "extortion, torture, beatings, lynchings, as well as [causing] the monstrous losses in the regiment and battalion with no results whatsoever."

9/ Anorin asks whether the actions of the high command constitute sabotage and treason, and accuses them (including Putin, rather dangerously) of causing enormous losses of manpower:

10/ "Questions arise not only for Boris Borisovich Kravchenko and Samvel Karapetyan, but also for [Chief of Staff] Gerasimov and the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Mr. Putin.

11/ "Perhaps these people should have no place in the army—from the last battalion commander to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief? Because their negligence, brainlessness, and hysterical actions are leading to enormous losses among our soldiers."

12/ Glazkov's likely death illustrates a frequent cause of complaint among Russian warbloggers: instead of protecting specialists, commanders often send them into fatal assaults when they are short of numbers, as they often are. /end

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