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| Russian Strategic Rocket Forces investigates death of two conscripts |
| 2021-10-09 |
| Direct translation via Google Translate. Edited. Original story via Vk.com by Military Informant. Kommersant story: It appears pressure was applied as a result of the Committee of Soldiers' Mothers to the local military prosecutor's office to initiate, at least, an investigation. In the Tagil missile division in the Sverdlovsk region, two conscripts died in two days. One of them, according to the Central Military District (CVO), got lost in the woods during an exercise, where he climbed onto a power transmission line and died from an electric shock. The committee of soldiers' mothers "Kommersant-Ural" said that the disappearance of the soldier was noticed only a few hours later, and his search began only the next day. The second conscript committed suicide before joining the outfit with a service weapon. In this regard, a special commission of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was sent to the unit. The Committee of Soldiers' Mothers described the unit as "very good", there were never any problems there. In ZATO Svobodny (Sverdlovsk region) in the 42nd Tagil missile division (military unit 34103), two conscripts died in two days - Ivan Katlinskikh, called up from the village of Berdyuzhe (Tyumen region) and Mikhail from the Penza region. The body of Ivan Katlinskikh was found the day before, on September 28, in the forest near the missile unit. According to the official information of the Central Military District, in the afternoon of September 27, during the planned command and staff exercises, the soldier retreated into the forest and got lost. With him, he had a bayonet-knife and an AK-74 submachine gun without ammunition. Trying to determine his location, the conscript climbed onto the power line support, he was electrocuted, from which he died in place. This part refers to the Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces). Scheduled command and staff exercises with the Tagil missile formation began on Tuesday. In total, more than 3 thousand servicemen and about 300 pieces of equipment were involved in the exercise. In a nuclear missile unit, which is located near Nizhniy Tagil, two soldiers were killed in two days. One died of an electric shock while climbing a power line. According to the official version, the guy got lost in the forest during a training exercise. Perhaps, in order to find his bearings and find his way, he climbed onto the power line. The second soldier committed suicide. In the Urals, hazing was revealed in a military village with two dead conscripts [Lenta] The prosecutor's office opened a case of hazing in a military settlement, where two soldiers died In the closed-type settlement (ZATO) Svobodny, Sverdlovsk region , where the 42nd missile division is stationed, the military prosecutor's office conducted an inspection after the death of two soldiers. As a result, a criminal case on hazing was initiated. This was reported to E1.ru by the Deputy Military Prosecutor of the 24th Military Prosecutor's Office of the Army, Lieutenant Colonel of Justice Alexei Varchuk. According to him, the prosecutors are faced with the task of finding all the servicemen against whom the illegal acts were committed, and bringing the perpetrators to justice. Victims are being identified, but not all soldiers are ready to talk about the crimes committed against them due to fear of revenge. To protect them, the prosecutor's office is making efforts to transfer victims to other units. Varchuk pointed out that no cases of hazing have been identified so far in the units where the soldiers died. Prosecutors have not yet clarified the cause of the soldier's suicide and the facts of hazing against him. There is no bodily harm on his body, except for those that he himself inflicted on himself. Varchuk noted that the deaths of the two soldiers are not related, they did not even know each other. But in another military unit, also stationed in Svobodny, hazing was revealed, a case was initiated against Ensign Utigenov, who beat the soldiers. The materials so far feature six criminal episodes, which are qualified under Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Excessive powers"). “Things were going on in this unit that were definitely criminal. It was revealed that a number of servicemen suffered from this warrant officer. He beat soldiers for symbolic violations, ”Varchuk noted. In September, two conscripts were killed in two days in Svobodny. One got lost in the forest during an exercise, climbed onto a power transmission tower, where he was electrocuted, and died. The second conscript committed suicide. A few months ago, two officers died there - the captain and the senior lieutenant. |
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