Russian Soldiers Revolt Against Their Generals After Losing 300 Soldiers in Four Days
300 men lost in four days. But, according to a Russian army unit, that is the fault of an “incomprehensible” operation planned by their generals. In a letter to their governor, they criticize the high-ranking military and wonder how much longer they will have to serve as “cannon fodder”.
The soldiers of the 155th Russian naval infantry have spoken out remarkably openly in a letter against some high-ranking members of the army. They addressed the letter to Oleg Kozhemyako, governor of their hometown of Primorye, writing that “as a result of the ‘carefully’ planned offensive by the ‘great generals’, they lost about 300 people in 4 days.” Killed, wounded or missing, it sounds. They have also lost fifty percent of their vehicles. “And that’s just our unit.”
The letter was shared on Telegram by various military information channels and has also been picked up on Twitter by war reporters.
The Russians launched an offensive against the Ukrainians at Pavlivka in southwestern Donetsk on November 2. With that, they wanted to take back control of a vital supply route. But that attack went awry. “We were thrown into an incomprehensible offensive,” it sounds. In the letter, they describe how the operation was doomed to fail. “How will they take a village by letting us sneak between trees where the enemy is shooting at us while we evacuate our wounded? Pavlivka is also lower than Voehledar, from where they attacked us.”
The soldiers point the finger at the “mediocre” generals Marudov and Akhmedov. “How much longer may they plan military operations because of their reports and receive awards at the cost of so many lives? Then, they don’t care about anything but themselves and call people cannon fodder.”
The 115th unit asks Governor Kozhemyako to contact the highest command in the army and send a commission to investigate what happened. And not from the Ministry of Defense, where Gerasimov protects Muradov, it sounds. They want a truly independent committee. “How much longer do we have to hold out?”
It is also not the first time Russian soldiers have revolted against their superiors. A few days ago, a mutiny broke out in a barracks in Ulyanovsk. As a result, their families would not have received the promised money through their recruitment.
