The Kremlin could destroy its own military brigade to hide war crimes - isw

The Russian authorities probably destroyed the 64th separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 35th Army of Russia. The Kremlin wants to hide war crimes committed in the Kiev region. About it writes the Institute of War Study (ISW) Analysts report that Ukrainian intelligence has warned that the Kremlin puts the conditions for an information attack on President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky for its discrediting.

The Institute writes that complaints filed with the Russian Military Prosecutor's Office and verified Bellingcat and Insider included cases where Russian authorities are deceived or forced by conscripts to take up fighting positions, restriction of information provided to families service. The archive contains reports that Russian commanders ordered the soldiers to start storming without equipment, and did not inform the soldiers' relatives of their deaths.

The report also shows the complaints of residents of occupied Lugansk and Donetsk regions, which accuse Russian troops of robbery, invasion and firing of military equipment in civilian infrastructure. Key Conclusions of Analysts: The State Department of the United States called on the Russian forces to stop any military activity around the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZPP) against the background of new reports of shelling.

Russian troops conducted ground attacks east of Siversk and northeast and southeast of Bakhmut. The invaders continued the ground shelling of the North and Southwestern outskirts of Donetsk. Ukrainian officials have confirmed additional Ukrainian strikes on Russian team points and ammunition depots along the southern direction. Two new volunteer battalions are formed in the Khabarovsk region of Russia.