The commander of the Russian army who refused to fight was forced to strip in public, bound his hands and drove away in a car, and has since evaporated from the world. (Schematic diagram) Figure: Retrieved from the Twitter of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Russia invaded Ukraine with its superior military strength, but the war was not going smoothly. It was reported that the Russian army was demoralized due to poor logistics, heavy casualties, and serious battle damage, and even self-destructed equipment, attacked commanders, or tried to get shot and injured, just to avoid going to the battlefield. However, sources within the Ukrainian army pointed out that Russia had sent notorious officers to Ukraine to severely punish commanders who refused to fight, even forcing them to strip naked in public, tie their hands and drive away in a car.
According to the “Daily Star” report, Ukraine’s special forces (Special forces of Ukraine) intercepted a call with a Russian soldier, he mentioned in the phone the notorious deputy commander of Russia’s southern military region Rustam Muradov (Rustam Muradov) ) Lieutenant General was sent to Ukraine to kill the chickens and warn the monkeys, and to give a little warning to the Russian soldiers who did not want to go to the battlefield.
The Russian soldier revealed that some troops refused to move forward, but “Muradov came and held a public trial”. The commander did not want to take his subordinates to die, so Muradov “arrested the commander yesterday for his X’s arrest.” Let’s kill one and show a hundred”, not only stripping them of their clothes, but also ordering them to take out all the items in their pockets, tie their hands, and take them away by bus.
This recording has not been confirmed by the Russian side, and it is impossible to know which Russian army unit it is related to. The whereabouts of the commander who was taken away is currently unknown. However, in another phone call intercepted by the Ukrainian military, a Russian soldier scolded Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “crazy old man” and criticized him for launching an unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
U.S. Pentagon officials pointed out on the 9th that there are numerous reports that Russian officers in Ukraine have resisted and refused to lead their troops to the front line. The New York Times reported in March that Russian troops had collectively laid down their weapons. Michael Kimage, a professor of history and a former policy planner for the U.S. State Department, said the Russian military did have reasons for low morale, because the war was not smooth, the higher-level goals were unclear, and fighting with neighboring countries brought a heavy psychological burden on soldiers.