The mobilized servicemen, who until early March were in the Belgorod region’s territorial defense, recorded a video message in which they said that they were included in the “assault brigade” of the 1st Army Corps of the self-proclaimed DPR and sent to the front line without proper training. The appeal of the mobilized was published by the telegram channel “Caution, news”.
According to the military, their unit was located in the border town of Shebekino, Belgorod Region, from where they were transferred to the self-proclaimed DPR in early March “without any orders or explanations.”
Upon arrival at the place, military tickets were taken away from the mobilized. As the military themselves say, this was done by “militias” from the DPR. After that, the mobilized say, they were “driven to storm the villages” without preparation, intelligence and communications.
The mobilized also reported that their platoon had already suffered casualties. At the same time, the servicemen stressed that they do not refuse to carry out their tasks, but only as part of the armed forces of the Russian Federation.
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At the end of February 2023, mobilized from the Irkutsk region published a third appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which they asked to return them from the assault units to the defense. In addition, military personnel reported that commanders from the self-proclaimed DPR sent them to storm strongholds without any support, artillery, communications, sappers and intelligence. February 26 Governor of the Irkutsk Region Igor Kobzev declaredthat he turned to the military prosecutor’s office for clarification, and promised that in the near future the Irkutsk mobilized would be transferred to a new duty station.
Earlier, a similar appeal was recorded by those mobilized from Tuva. They complained about beatings and threats from the military from the self-proclaimed DNR. Then the head of Tuva, Vladislav Khovalyg, promised to deal with the situation. He later stated that the Ministry of Defense agreed to transfer those mobilized from Tuva to the 55th brigade of the RF Armed Forces, but warned that “transition to the location of another military unit is not a quick matter.”
