Part 1: https://justpaste.it/2d3xy
Part 2: https://justpaste.it/7l2r1
Part 3: https://justpaste.it/4y5en
Part 4: https://justpaste.it/2ix7w
Previously...
As I figured out the Eastern military district is times more combat-ready than the Western military district. Their losses were much smaller when they were near Kyiv and Chernihiv, than what the Western district had in Kharkiv and Izyum. This is my understanding. They also have way more vehicles as I see it. Why is there such a stark difference in the ability to fight between the districts - I don't know that.
Although, again - I spoke to different people. The Eastern Military District also had significant losses. They are also thrown into assaults. But I don't think their attacks are as hopeless and insane as they were in our 752nd regiment...
Part 5 (Final).
It should be noted that one of our guys in Izyum overheard how they were planning to decide our fate. He heard what one of the FSB agents was telling other officers. He said they were looking at several options - apart from terminating the contract and sending us to Russia they wanted to use some of us to film TikTok videos to show how great it is to be a volunteer at war, to attract new volunteers. Also, another FSB Colonel was suggesting taking us out at night and shooting five people each time so that the others would agree to go into attacks. The FSB agent said they were looking at this Colonel with rounded eyes, thinking - 'Is he insane, or something?!'. Generally, this topic of shootings has always been in the air and many were really afraid of this. Apart from Major Vasyura, who in Suligovka was saying he would shoot in the legs those who refuse to attack, our 752nd regiment's zampolit in Izyum was firing from an assault rifle near the feet of those who refused to join assaults. By that time they've had around 30 people like that. He preemptively took away weapons from those who had them. But it also should be noted that some were saying the opposite - 'Let them shoot! - it's better to die here, at least the complete body will be passed to relatives so they could bury us properly... It's better than to get torn apart with a bomb and rot in a trench, or (even worse) end up in these scumbags Ukrainians' capture'.
Also important to note - those who fought in the Second Chechen or Syrian wars said that compared to Ukraine those were a child's play. In Ukraine it was 10 times tougher.
On the morning of 8 May we left to Russia. By mid-day we were already there. Our contracts were terminated right in front of our unit.
In Valuyki, in the evening of 8 May we were approached by a man, a gas tanker driver from the Central Military District attached to the 3rd Motorised Division. He said his division had no gas tankers, so many gas tanker drivers were attached to this division. I said they must have taken away the gas tankers from this division at the start of the war. He said no, they were initially non-functional in this division. I thought to myself - how is it possible that a division stationed 20-40 km from border has no working gas tankers?! How is it possible at all?! This man was a good man... very courageous... They also had huge losses. He said when they stay in Izyum for two weeks (then go back to Russia for a few days to get fuel), they often get shelled with Grad's and Tochkha-U's. He said they move in columns of 20-40 vehicles without any cover. It happened that they were shelled with Grad's right on the road. They bought radios for their own money and stayed in touch this way. They once got shelled on their way - everyone started quickly moving away from the road. Only 20 kilometers later they all managed to get together again thanks to the radios... 2 gas tankers were hit that time... He also said that recently they picked up from Donbas militias a BTR with no wheels. They fixed it up and now for the first time, on 9 May they will have a BTR going with them as a cover... Maybe they'll find another 2-3 BTRs somewhere?
When I was in Ukraine several military people told me that the plan was to take Ukraine in four days. What can be said about this? Whoever planned it is a 'genius'. If initially around 220k of our troops entered Ukraine, then it's too little for a lightning-fast defeat of the army and capture of Kyiv, South-East of Ukraine and its central part. In my opinion we needed at least 600k trained troops for that. Then, it could have possibly worked, but unfortunately, what happened - happened...
Due to the fact that catastrophically few people entered to complete this initial plan, we've had such huge losses at the very beginning of the hostilities. These losses are covered up by our authorities, as many people say. And more often than not those were the best, most fearless and prepared that were dying. After all, who would normally go at the very vanguard of an attacking group, of a column? The commanders, and the best-prepared, the strongest fighters... You know what else is scary? That the federal channels in Russia are saying that everything is going great at frontlines, that the special operation is going according to a plan. My opinion is that it is often a vile, impudent and disgusting lie! Far from everything is going by the plan! Due to the constant lies I do not believe a single word all these creatures are saying on the federal media. I also do not believe anymore a single word from the official Russian authorities. Neither Peskov, nor any other characters.
My opinion is that in Russia they destroyed any critique of the authorities. I believe this is not normal, and is wrong. There must be critique as it shows the authorities all the mistakes and shortcomings! But there is no criticising the authorities in Russia.
Who will answer for thousands of our wounded and killed soldiers in Ukraine?! Who will answer for the hundreds of tortured guys in capture?! Who?! Who will answer for throwing us into insane, useless, suicidal attacks?! Who?!
My opinion is that if Russia now had generals like Zhukov, Suvorov, Rokossovskiy, Kutuzov - it would all be different... Any decent officer cares and protects ordinary soldiers because he understands that, first of all, on their shoulders, their lives, their health, their dedication, their efforts, all victories in any war are achieved...
Regarding this war, and whether it should have been started or not, that's a different topic. War is always terrible and must be avoided at all costs... But the fact that Ukraine shelled the peaceful population of Donbas for eight years - that's a 100% fact, in my opinion. As well as the fact that Ukrainian army could attack Donbas and Crimea. Also true in my opinion is that USA could place in Kharkiv the nuclear missiles that could reach Moscow in 5-7 minutes. While using nuclear weapons on civilian cities is nothing new for the USA. We can remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
But aside from all this it's important to note that even before the war, there were in Ukraine many angry, evil and stupid people who cannot put two words together without swearing (if they can be called people at all), who hated Russians and said they should be killed. And the ideas of Bandera and nazism are very strong in Ukraine. In fact, the official authorities in Ukraine since 2014 were constantly saying that Ukraine is at war with Russia. And all the politics in Ukraine were pro-banderite and aimed at destroying everything Russian in Ukraine - the language, culture, people who had positive attitudes towards Russia... Also, my opinion is that the way our captives are abused, maimed, killed - only scum is capable of this, not people. Such subhumans must be destroyed physically. This is my opinion. Which is exactly why I went to that war and I am ready now to continue to fight and destroy these degenerates... Just not with the command that we've had...
It's important to note that in Ukraine, like in any other country, there are many good, kind and peaceful people who are far from politics and just want to have a peaceful and happy life... Since 2014 I've been watching on YouTube a Ukrainian politician, a blogger and a journalist Anatoly Shariy and a journalist Olesya Medvedeva. So, even without being in Ukraine I knew quite well what was happening there. In general, my opinion is that all wars start when people (humanity in general) are losing humility - they turn evil, cunning, lying and disgusting. Also, my opinion is that modern media are very much to blame for the current war and the situation in the world in general - they often lie and say what is beneficial to the powerful of this world, many tragedies of this life happened because of this... My opinion is that Anatoly Shariy and Olesya Medvedeva can be considered the gold standard of journalism - they always objectively present any information, and as people - they are incredibly kind, bright and sincere...
I really want as many people as possible to read this article and find out about the real state of affairs at the frontline. And I really want this article to be read by the Commander-in-Chief, Vladimir Putin. I'm trying to reach out to the Komsomolskaya Pravda editorial. Maybe they will publish it. No, I'll be trying to contact foreign publications - perhaps they will publish it. People need to know the truth...
I had thoughts to contact the Presidential administration, the FSB director, the military prosecution, but even before the war I had to come across our law enforcement agencies. I don't believe them, and don't trust them to deal with anything according to the law, according to justice. No one gives a damn...
Everything I've written, I wrote sincerely. I saw everything with my own two eyes, or was told by witnesses of various events...
I hope that our 'valiant' law enforcement won't initiate any criminal proceeding against me - I did not give away any secrets or locations of our troops. And also, since the end of April and early May when I was in Ukraine, over a week has passed - the operational disposition of our forces has already changed. And the fact that in our army, the criminal idiocy is happening at the frontline, they know that in the Ukrainian army. Our scouts said they heard in radio interceptions how the Ukrainian military were laughing their asses off talking about our army - 'Well, this is the glorified Russian army))'.
Also a big question is what the political leadership of the country and our army have been preparing for all these 8 years, starting from 2014? For what?! Did they expect that our army will be greeted in Ukraine with flowers and salt and bread!?
My opinion is that this war could be won, in many respects, with high-quality strike drones alone, if we had 1-2-3 thousand of them. And there would not have been such huge losses...
End.