Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ A Russian Army inspection of forces in eastern Ukraine is reported to have found evidence of "flagrant corruption", false reports, looting, drinking, embezzlement, theft of supplies, and fraud at all levels. A Russian warblogger calls for senior officers to be punished. ⬇️

2/ 'War Zone' writes:

"On 19 May 2026, an inspection was carried out in units of the ‘Vostok’ Army Group, led by Colonel-General Andrei Ivanayev: the commission uncovered evidence of the falsification of combat performance results and the submission of false reports by…

3/ …commanders of the ‘Vostok’ Army Group’s formations. Evidence of flagrant corruption has been uncovered amongst senior and middle-ranking commanders. The most serious violations were found in the 29th Army, under the command of Lieutenant-General Alexei Zhuravlev.

4/ "At present, the Russian Ministry of Defence commission is aware of the following facts.

Colonel-General Ivanayev lied during his reports to Gerasimov at the General Staff Headquarters regarding the results of the tasks assigned.

5/ "The General Staff possesses evidence against the commander of the ‘Vostok’ Group of Armies concerning systematic lies about the capture of settlements, the results of fire strikes against Ukrainian Armed Forces positions, and downed drones.

6/ "As for the capture of settlements, here is an example: three servicemen from the 430th Regiment of the 29th Army entered a settlement – they were spotted by a drone, and Lieutenant-General Zhuravlev subsequently reported this as a captured line, but failed to mention that…

7/ …the lads were killed a few hours later. On paper, the city is already ours, and these statistics are being sent to the General Staff.

8/ "Furthermore, criminal activity has been uncovered, and the most dire situation is observed in the 29th Army (in some brigades, the rate is as high as 60 per cent). In other words, soldiers are getting drunk, looting and deserting their posts.

9/ "Wagner used to punish such scum by shooting them. It is also known that the bodies of the dead are not being evacuated, and equipment is not being camouflaged.

10/ "From the data received, it is clear that the units of this military formation are incapable of carrying out the tasks set by the General Staff.

11/ "The 120th Marine Division and the 36th Motorised Rifle Brigade of the 29th Army have proved themselves incapable of combat; soldiers there are being dismissed for failing to carry out their tasks, but this is not helping.

12/ "There is embezzlement of humanitarian aid (5th Army) and vehicles (misappropriation of those delivered to the 29th Army’s positions). Furthermore, service personnel themselves are trading in drones, including fibre-optic ones.

13/ "The commission has uncovered fraud involving payments to the families of the fallen. Almost a third of soldiers’ bodies are not being evacuated; they are simply classified as missing in action, and that is all, so as not to have to pay out compensation.

14/ "The channel’s management understands the risks involved in our speaking out, but we demand personnel changes – this is a disgrace to our army!"

15/ It appears that this may be confirmation of a statement on 15 June by a prominent Russian warblogger, Vladimir Romanov, in which he reported on a military inspection of the Kostyantynivka front, on which the 'Vostok' Army Group is fighting.

16/ He wrote that the inspection had discovered large-scale falsification of territorial claims. This had resulted in the deaths of dozens of Russian soldiers when they were sent to what was in fact still a Ukrainian-held area. /end

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Source:
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