Mobilized Russian troops have overwhelmed to demise the deputy commander of their regiment within the occupied peninsula of Crimea earlier than fleeing the scene, in keeping with Ukrainian intelligence.
The troopers from the twentieth Motorized Rifle Division, a part of the eighth Military of Russia’s southern army district, “inflicted extreme bodily accidents on Colonel Musurbekov,” on November 1, Ukraine’s intelligence service stated, in keeping with a translation, with out giving the commander’s first identify. That very same day, the troops suspected of finishing up the assault modified out of their uniforms into civilian garments after which left their base within the Simferopol district, fleeing to the neighboring Russian area of Krasnodar.
Ukraine’s Basic Workers has stated that there are rising numbers of Russian troops deserting the struggle in Ukraine. There have been quite a few experiences for the reason that begin of Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of low morale, poor gear and coaching, in addition to issues with command.
In August this 12 months, a gaggle of Russian troopers in Ukraine’s occupied Kherson oblast launched a video enchantment to the Committee of Troopers’ Moms of Russia, through which they describe their morale as being “beneath flooring degree.”
Within the newest case, Ukrainian intelligence stated that, six days after the beating, Colonel Musurbekov died from his accidents in a hospital in Simferopol. Newsweek has contacted the Russian Protection Ministry for remark by e mail. We now have not as but been in a position to confirm the claims of Ukrainian intelligence.
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In reporting the newest case, Ukrainian outlet RBC Ukraine famous how there had been numerous different instances of Russian troops deserting in latest months.
On Might 25 this 12 months, close to Svatove, Ukraine’s japanese Luhansk oblast, round 20 mobilized Russian troops escaped after stealing a truck. On June 9, round 90 Russian troopers within the occupied city of Arapivka, in the identical area, additionally abandoned.
In Might, seven armed troopers, who had been former prisoners, escaped from a army unit in Soledar, within the Russian-occupied territory of the Donetsk oblast, in keeping with the information company Tass. Three of them had been later detained.
Ukrainian shops reported on Friday how two males, who stated they had been from the assault brigade of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division, stated {that a} commander shot useless a subordinate for insulting him in Berdyansk, in Ukraine’s Zaporizizhia oblast.
The NGO “Go by the Forest,” which helps Russians keep away from conscription, has stated that, within the first 12 months since Putin introduced a partial mobilization in September 2022, it knew of at the least 500 troopers who had abandoned and left Russia, though the NGO believed this was an underestimate.
Many had gone to the previous Soviet nations of Armenia or Kazakhstan, the NGO informed the German information outlet Deutsche Welle in September.
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