Block, Siteadmin, SkipCaptcha, Upload, Automoderated users, delete, edit, move, nsTeam2RO, nsTeam2RW, nsTeam2_talkRO, nsTeam2_talkRW, protect, rollback, Administrators, template
295,444
edits
Changes
Major events in the Ukraine proxy war, 2026 (view source)
Revision as of 11:49, June 28, 2026
, June 28→Escape and duct tape
Zhykin’s family looked for him while he was in the 425th. When he was eventually given a [[phone]], he wrote and then deleted a message to relatives reading ‘Call the hotline every day. At least they’ll stop beating me. I’m in [[hell]].’
Zhykin’s family looked for him while he was in the 425th. When he was eventually given a [[phone]], he wrote and then deleted a message to relatives reading ‘Call the hotline every day. At least they’ll stop beating me. I’m in [[hell]].’
It was a long time until he was allowed to make a phone call, and even then only under supervision, in speakerphone mode. Luckily, the guard didn’t suspect that Zhykin, sitting on the second bunk, might dial on video. He told his relatives he was ‘Alive, healthy, everything is fine’, while showing his bloodied, beaten face.
It was a long time until he was allowed to make a phone call, and even then only under supervision, in speakerphone mode. Luckily, the guard didn’t suspect that Zhykin, sitting on the second bunk, might dial on video. He told his relatives he was ‘Alive, healthy, everything is fine’, while showing his bloodied, beaten face.<ref>https://youtu.be/hZgFxSePUTo</ref>
Zhykin’s father wrote an official complaint to the [[military]] [[law enforcement]] service. Of course, the 425th soon found out about it. The company officer visited Zhykin in his tent: ‘What are you doing, you wanted to f#ck everyone up around here? You video called?’ Zhykin thought he was about to be killed, and denied calling on video. The company officer said he had photo evidence. Nevertheless, they stopped beating him after that, though they forced him to record a message proving he was fine.
Zhykin’s father wrote an official complaint to the [[military]] [[law enforcement]] service. Of course, the 425th soon found out about it. The company officer visited Zhykin in his tent: ‘What are you doing, you wanted to f#ck everyone up around here? You video called?’ Zhykin thought he was about to be killed, and denied calling on video. The company officer said he had photo evidence. Nevertheless, they stopped beating him after that, though they forced him to record a message proving he was fine.
The 425th continued to search for its lost material, and sent representatives to Zhykin’s father’s house, questioning him and waiting several days for the [[son]] to return. They also called Zhykin’s girlfriend using his tablet, which he’d left on the base.
The 425th continued to search for its lost material, and sent representatives to Zhykin’s father’s house, questioning him and waiting several days for the [[son]] to return. They also called Zhykin’s girlfriend using his tablet, which he’d left on the base.
===The expendables===
There were also men with [[psychological disorder]]s to keep the [[drug addict]]s and [[conscientious objector]]s company. Unable to understand instructions, they were apparently constantly kicked, punched, and beaten with [[rifle]] butts by the guards.
''Babel'' found the parents of one mobilized [[autistic]] man in the 425th. The man is clearly mentally disabled, unable to properly speak. He was approved as medically fit and kicked just as much as everyone else during training by the 425th.
''Babel'' also recorded cases of men mobilized with [[HIV]], [[tuberculosis]] and [[hepatitis C]]. As usual in the Rock, they were prevented from receiving necessary [[medication]]s and medical aid.
The soldiers produced by this machine don’t have the highest morale. The aim seems to be to produce instruments forced to move forward, knowing that retreat or desertion is just as deadly as the enemy. That’s what mobilized witnesses told ''Babel''. One overheard a conversation between the training ground leadership of the 425th about the next frontline deployment of new recruits:
==References==
==References==