In a letter of complaint, the brigadistas speak of an “incomprehensible offensive.” A governor admits losses – but not as high as the accused soldiers.
A unit of Russian marines is said to have lost 300 men in fighting in the Donetsk region in four days. This emerges from a letter of complaint from members of the 155th Marines Brigade of the Russian Pacific Fleet, which was reported by the independent portal “The Insider”. Soldiers were dead, wounded or missing, he said.
Telegram channel “Grey Zone”, which is said to have connections to the Wagner mercenary group, published the letter addressed to Primorsky Krai governor Oleg Koshemyako. Koshemyako admitted heavy fighting and casualties in the 155th brigade on Monday. However, these “are not as high” as stated in the soldiers’ letter on Sunday, he said in a video message posted on his official Telegram channel. The front commanders would have assured him of that. The Military Public Ministry was called to investigate the case.
“Incomprehensible Offensive”
Once again, its commanders launched the unit “on an incomprehensible offensive” just so the commanders could receive bonuses or be named “Heroes of Russia”, the soldiers’ letter to the governor of the far east of Primorsky Krai said. As a result of the “carefully” planned offensive by the “great generals” near Pavlivka in the Donetsk region, the unit lost about 300 men and half of its technology. “And that’s just our brigade.”
The soldiers called for an independent commission – “not from the Department of Defense” – to be sent to hold their unit commanders accountable. The commanders concealed the real losses. They didn’t care about anything. “They call people meat.”
Pushilin spoke of fighting for Pavlivka
Denis Puschilin, appointed by the Russian occupiers as head of the annexed Donetsk region, reported on Wednesday about the fighting in Pavlivka. On Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry said 70 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed and Ukrainian weapons destroyed in Russian attacks and artillery bombardments in the Pavlivka area. The information could not be independently verified.
(APA/dpa)