With a video that was uploaded after their deaths, the drone operators, who were of middle age and had been given the order to attack Ukrainian defenses near Pokrovsk, also cautioned others against joining the "callous" Russian army.
"I'm going to go and fight someone. According to Dmitry Lysakovsky, an experienced drone operator, "If I come back from my trip, everything will be fine; if I don't, then we will show you and explain to you."
In the goodbye film that was revealed for the first time on Friday, he delivered his remarks. On the other hand, it is alleged that he vanished during an assault on the village of Lysivka, which is located close to one of the most active areas of the eastern front line.
Don't serve at the Ministry of Defense, if you can help it... Here, your mission is to take your own life so that the commander of the unit, who reports to higher-ups, can seem good. It is he who employs you as workers.
In addition, the troops accused their commander of engaging in drug trafficking, fabricating victories on the battlefield, intentionally disbanding a drone unit that was operating very well, and providing information to a Ukrainian military intelligence spy network.
The Russian military ministry, which is attempting to increase the number of people who join the army, has been enraged by the film, which has been extensively shared on the social messaging app Telegram.
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Andrei Belousov, the Russian defense minister, issued an order to General Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the Russian military, to personally examine the video and the deaths of the two troops. This was in response to the situation.
Pro-war social media influencers in Russia, known as Z-bloggers, have also exploited the deaths of the two troops as an opportunity to condemn the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The two men were reportedly seasoned troops who had been ordered to their deaths by "traitors and swindlers," according to Warrior Kitten, which has over 408,000 members across its platform.
The blogger posted the following statement: "This is how our competent and compassionate army sends people to slaughter."
In their presentation, the men commented on the realities of their internal betrayal, acknowledging that they were aware of and had the feeling that they were about to die.