I don't know if this is true but if it is then this is WILD AS FUCK!1/ Soldiers of the Russian 55th Separate Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade say that their unit is a "conveyor belt" of robbery, torture and death. Commanders are said to systematically extort soldiers before sending them to die in assaults, even making them pay to carry weapons. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/fBuMwagcD5
— ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) July 10, 2025
What has me spinning is that Guards units in the Russian military were once (maybe still are) considered elite. The idea that this could happen in Guards unit is just mind blowing to me.
Read the entire thread and drink it in. As always I maintain a bit of skepticism due to the ongoing propaganda efforts because of the war.
I have some Russian readers so I await a solid rebuttal of this story. But IF this is true then at least one Russian unit is doing the Ukrainians job for them.