The Irkutsk mobilized, who had already complained three times that they were forced to go on assaults without any preparation, were sent to storm the Avdeevsky fortified area. They told about it themselves, relatives confirmed the information, the Telegram channel “People of Baikal” reports . These are servicemen from the second battalion of regiment 1439. They are subordinate to the first Slavic brigade of the self-proclaimed DPR.
“We sent the 1st and 2nd battalions,” the military said. “We were waiting for a transfer [to the defense], but we are not being transferred anywhere.” At the same time, earlier Governor Igor Kobzev promised that "in the near future the guys will be transferred to a new duty station." Relatives say that they really hoped for such a development of events, however, as it turned out, in vain.
Earlier, The Insider wrote about the complaints of those mobilized from Irkutsk, who also said that for any offense they were threatened to be thrown to the front line as expendable material. Even if it is not possible to fulfill the order, they are told that they will be sent on the offensive, where they will surely die.
“An example: if you go under the article for desertion, you will get into trouble with the commandant’s office and the military police, we will disband you two by two and send you on an offensive from which you will not return,” the military said in a statement addressed to Putin.