Russian soldiers pay commanders to avoid combat on Zaporizhzhia front
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Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:02:00 +0200

The Atesh partisan movement reported the information.According to an Atesh agent from the 247th Air Assault Regiment, a group of servicemen has formed within the unit who hand over 50,000 rubles in cash to their commander each month.For this amount, they are not sent to the front lines, are kept at headquarters, or are assigned to fictitious internal tasks, while their documents are marked as "in combat.""This way, soldiers receive the full package of payments, statuses, and bonuses, even though they never actually go to the zero line [front]," the partisans note.For those who don't pay, as the partisan movement points out, everything happens in the exact opposite way: they are sent into assaults in any condition—with injuries, after concussions, without rest, and without rotation.Commanders say it directly: "Pay up—you stay, don't pay—you fight." Amid casualties, this is perceived as buying the right not to die, the partisans emphasize."Inside the unit, this is no longer hidden—the 'special ones' are immediately obvious: they sleep indoors, eat separately, their names appear in combat reports, though no one has seen them at the positions. This deception breeds hatred and alienation, destroys discipline, and completely kills trust in the command," the message states.






