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The 425th is Ukraine’s largest regiment, having expanded tenfold in the first half of 2026 boasts more than 13,000 troops. It has absolute priority in receiving new recruits, receiving 20 times more troops than other brigades. Ukraine’s [[political]] and [[military]] leadership need the 425th for their frontline info-operations, and the 425th needs absolutely obedient, expendable meat for these operations.

The 425th is Ukraine’s largest regiment, having expanded tenfold in the first half of 2026 boasts more than 13,000 troops. It has absolute priority in receiving new recruits, receiving 20 times more troops than other brigades. Ukraine’s [[political]] and [[military]] leadership need the 425th for their frontline info-operations, and the 425th needs absolutely obedient, expendable meat for these operations.

According to Ukraine’s military ombudsman Olga Reshetilova, the 425th has 2000 soldiers dependent on [[methadone]] treatment. Ukraine has state-funded methadone treatment clinics as a way to wean drug addicts off of street opioids.

According to Ukraine’s military ombudsman Olga Reshetilova, the 425th has 2000 soldiers dependent on methadone treatment. Ukraine has state-funded methadone treatment clinics as a way to wean drug addicts off of street opioids.

Now, the problem is that the commanders of the 425th seem to believe that they know best how to deal with [[drug addiction]]. The ‘Rock’, according to ''Babel''<ref>https://babel.ua/texts/127938-shturmoviy-polk-skelya-maye-boyovi-zaslugi-i-dobre-zabezpechennya-a-shche-kazhut-ochevidci-tam-katuyut-i-zabivayut-lyudey-na-smert-rozsliduvannya-babelya</ref>, has the following approach:

Now, the problem is that the commanders of the 425th seem to believe that they know best how to deal with [[drug addiction]]. The ‘Rock’, according to ''Babel''<ref>https://babel.ua/texts/127938-shturmoviy-polk-skelya-maye-boyovi-zaslugi-i-dobre-zabezpechennya-a-shche-kazhut-ochevidci-tam-katuyut-i-zabivayut-lyudey-na-smert-rozsliduvannya-babelya</ref>, has the following approach:

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:

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:

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