Sanning om ryZZka försvarsmakten. RuZZia Stronk!!!
‼️‼️🇷🇺Pavel Gubarev, former leader of the pro-Russian separatists in Donbas and a veteran of the so-called “Special Military Operation” (SVO), shared a letter on his Telegram channel written by an ordinary Russian soldier to Vladimir Putin, adding:
“I could’ve written this myself — and more than once.”
🇷🇺 The Russian soldier writes:
📌 “I address the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin and the Minister of Defense. I am a private from the ‘Storm Z’ unit. I was trained at one of the training centers of the Donetsk People's Republic. Later, I was told I was a ‘stormtrooper’ and transferred to a Storm Z unit.
📌 When we were sent on our first combat mission, I had many questions about how our commanders organize offensive operations. I'm not a professional soldier or an officer, and maybe I misunderstand something — but I’ve always believed an attack is a complex operation involving aviation, artillery, reconnaissance, and coordination.
📌 What do I see instead? We’re loaded into UAZs, open-top Niva cars, motorcycles — sometimes even on horseback — and sent out in 2–3 or 6–8-man groups directly toward Ukrainian positions. After covering just 1 km, we come under attack from Ukrainian drones, artillery, and mortars, with still 7 km left to go.
📌 There’s no artillery preparation from our side, no suppression of enemy fire, and no means to counter dozens of deadly drones. If we’re lucky, and our vehicle is hit early, we might be allowed to retreat — and the whole assault group has a chance to survive. But if we cover 2 km or more, the chances of coming back alive drop to nearly zero.
📌 Even if, by some miracle, one or two groups reach the enemy’s positions, they are met with entrenched machine gunners and automatic grenade launchers. And even if these 8 men somehow manage to take those positions, our main forces can’t advance in time — because Ukrainian forces completely dominate the area with drones.
📌 For every one of our infantrymen, the Ukrainian army can send seven drones. That means our odds are zero. I’m not afraid to die for my country — I signed a contract and I carry out orders — but I hope those orders will at least be feasible and meaningful for the army and for Russia, not just lead to pointless slaughter.
📌 Mr. President and Mr. Minister of Defense, I beg you — pay attention. I cannot tell my superiors I’m writing this. They’d say, ‘What, do you think you’re smarter than everyone else?’ And I’d simply vanish. But maybe this letter will reach you and save someone’s life.
📌 I have a legitimate question: Where is our artillery? Our air support? Our drones? Why do we have to buy drones with our own money — and still have ten times fewer than the enemy? Why can’t we detect and eliminate Ukrainian drone operators before we attack?
📌 We, the ordinary soldiers, want to believe that our lives matter to our country. We have children, wives, mothers, and friends. We want to live. We are willing to die as heroes — but not because of someone’s incompetence or foolishness.”
🔴 Respectfully,
An ordinary soldier — “Shturmavik”
https://x.com/visionergeo/status/1941871340413215052
