1/ A Russian soldier has spoken out about being ordered to go on suicide missions. After he emerged as the only survivor of his group, he and a comrade were tied to a tree to be 'sacrificed to Baba Yaga'. He seems to expect that he may soon be murdered by his commander. ⬇️
2/ Aleksandr Anatolyevich Osipovich (call sign "Psycho") of the 74th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (military unit 21005) was ordered to lead several other men to frontline positions across an open field, in full view of Ukrainian drones. Not surprisingly, it didn't end well. 3/ The whole group apart from Osipovich was killed in the attempt. He says that it's suicidal for the men to try to reach their frontline positions while under constant fire control from Ukrainian drones and artillery. 4/ "Most of the guys who come here can't even enter their positions, because the routes are absurd, impossible to navigate. Just two kilometers of open field under enemy birds [drones]. They walk, knowing they are about to die, and they keep walking. But they came to die. 5/ "They came to help the Motherland, and the Motherland called them. They came. And our commanding officers think themselves gods. They do whatever they want." 6/ After he got back to his base, Osipovich was ordered to repeat the mission with a fresh group, but refused. One of the new group, a man with the call sign "Grom", also refused. They were both tied to a tree as a way of getting rid of them – a practice the Russians call "sacrificing to Baba Yaga". 7/ "I warned the command that it would be impossible to get through there, but they told me: this is your task, this is your order, go as you please ... I refused to carry out an absurd task – to walk 1.7 kilometers across a field with the guys in open terrain under enemy fire." 8/ "This morning we arrived, they tied us to a tree and told us they would leave us there overnight so that enemy birds [drones] would kill us. And it didn't arouse suspicion. It was as if they were destroying us. But I refused to accept this fate. We were saved." 9/ Osipovich says that as well as the battalion commander, call sign "Fox," the chief of the engineering service, call sign "Shcherbak," and the reconnaissance detachment commander, "Shustry," are responsible for abusing their men. 10/ He says that he and Grom escaped and went to the military police to complain, petition for action to be taken against their commanders, and request that if the pair are to be punished, that it be done legally. But he seems to be resigned to the likelihood of being murdered by his commander. 11/ "If the military police take us to the 74th Brigade instead of the military prosecutor's office, then you understand there won't be any drone. They'll just plant a grenade next to us and say they were destroyed by an FPV." /end Source: t.me