{
  "dataset": "OPERBAZA.ORG — Black Book of Russian Military Units: Commanders, Extortion, Torture Pits & Casualties by FPN (/en/orbat)",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-31",
  "route_ua": "/orbat",
  "route_en": "/en/orbat",
  "disclaimer": "100% verified open public sources (direct video appeals by Russian servicemen and their families on Ne Zhdi Media, RFE/RL investigations, ISW assessments, and open state registries).",
  "count": 6,
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "ORBAT-01",
      "slug": "127-msp",
      "url": "/en/orbat/127-msp",
      "updated_at": "2026-11-04",
      "unit_name_en": "127th Motor Rifle Regiment & Regiments of the 127th Motor Rifle Division (FPN 44980, FPN 25573, FPN 82588, FPN 67606)",
      "vch_en": "FPN 44980 / 25573 / 82588 / 67606",
      "parent_formation_en": "127th Motor Rifle Division (FPN 44980), 5th Guards Combined Arms Army (FPN 06426) / 1st Army Corps / 18th Combined Arms Army (FPN 73954)",
      "garrison_en": "Sergeevka, Primorsky Krai (FPN 44980, 25573, 82588); Donetsk / Sevastopol (FPN 67606)",
      "operational_axis_en": "Zaporizhzhia (Huliaipole), Kherson, and Kharkiv (Vovchansk / Volokhivka) operational axes (Force Groupings Vostok, Dnepr, and Sever)",
      "commanders_en": [
        "Col. Vyacheslav Sergeevich Beloshapkin (Commander, 394th Guards MRR, 127th MRD, FPN 25573 / FPN 44980)",
        "Mikhail Vladimirovich Malko, callsign Armenia (Battalion Commander, 218th Tank Regiment, 127th MRD, FPN 82588 / FPN 44980)",
        "3rd Company Commander callsign Grom and serviceman callsign Babulya (218th Tank Regiment, FPN 82588 — torture pit for wounded and execution threats)",
        "Col. Igor Vladimirovich Ivanov, DOB 15.12.1978 (Commander, 127th Separate Reconnaissance Brigade, FPN 67606, 18th CAA FPN 73954)"
      ],
      "extortion_and_pits_en": "500,000 RUB cash extortion fee to avoid assault waves; confiscation of bank cards and IDs prior to combat missions (FPN 25573); throwing a wounded soldier with severed fingers into an open pit without medical aid under threat of summary execution (FPN 82588); deploying soldiers on crutches and with Stage IV liver cirrhosis; 79 casualties in 1st Battalion within 18 days (31 KIA, 24 MIA, 24 WIA); multiple full personnel wipeouts in the 127th MRR near Volokhivka, sending cooks and drivers into assaults without cover, and operating personal belongings warehouses nicknamed the 'belongings morgue' due to continuous KIA arrivals.",
      "verbatim_quote_en": "\"If you don't want to go into the assault — put 500,000 cash on the table. Before a combat mission they take your bank card and documents.\" / \"They shoved me into a pit with severed fingers and threatened to shoot and zero me out.\" / \"They took cooks and drivers from the unit and sent everyone to the front line without cover. In the 127th Regiment they call the storage warehouses the 'belongings morgue' because every other day men were brought back as 200s (KIA).\"",
      "documented_victims_and_mia_en": [
        "Sergey Nikolaevich Podolsky (callsign Yan, rifleman, 3rd Company, 218th Tank Regiment, 127th MRD, FPN 82588) — severed fingers on 07.08.2026, locked in a pit and threatened with execution",
        "Serviceman Oleg (394th Guards MRR, 127th MRD, FPN 25573) — witness to 500,000 RUB extortion and bank card confiscation",
        "1st Battalion, 394th Guards MRR, 127th MRD (FPN 25573): 31 KIA, 24 MIA, and 24 WIA documented between 28.03.2026 and 15.04.2026 near Huliaipole",
        "Reconnaissance Battalion, 127th Separate Reconnaissance Brigade (FPN 67606): 138 KIA out of 280 authorized personnel (49.3%) as of March 2026",
        "127th Motor Rifle Regiment personnel on the Volokhivka sector (Force Grouping Sever, 04.11.2026): multiple complete personnel turnovers due to heavy losses, deployment of cooks and drivers without cover, and personal property storage dubbed the 'belongings morgue'"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "date": "2026-04-22",
          "title_en": "Ne Zhdi Media (22.04.2026): 1st Battalion of 394th Regiment (FPN 25573, 127th MRD FPN 44980) lost 79 troops in 18 days (31 KIA, 24 MIA, 24 WIA)",
          "url": "https://nezhdi.media/2026/04/%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%BD-394-%D0%B3%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%BB-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B8-%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%83/"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-08-08",
          "title_en": "Ne Zhdi Media (08.08.2026): Testimony of rifleman S. N. Podolsky (FPN 82588, 127th MRD) on being thrown into a pit with severed fingers and threatened with execution",
          "url": "https://nezhdi.media/2026/08/%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D1%8F-%D0%BD%D0%B5-%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%8C-%D0%B4%D0%BE-%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6/"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-08-27",
          "title_en": "Ne Zhdi Media (27.08.2026): Reconnaissance Battalion of 127th Brigade (FPN 67606) lost 138 of 280 personnel (49.3% of authorized strength)",
          "url": "https://nezhdi.media/2026/08/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9-%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%BD-127-%D0%B9-%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD/"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-30",
          "title_en": "Ne Zhdi Media (30.09.2026): Testimony from 394th MRR, 127th MRD (FPN 25573) on 500,000 RUB extortion and confiscation of bank cards",
          "url": "https://nezhdi.media/2026/09/%D1%8F-%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB-%D1%8F-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D0%B7%D0%B0-%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8E-%D0%B8%D0%B4/"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-10-02",
          "title_en": "Ne Zhdi Media (02.10.2026): Video appeal by troops of 218th Tank Regiment, 127th MRD (FPN 82588) on crutches and with Stage IV cirrhosis sent to the front",
          "url": "https://nezhdi.media/2026/10/%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%82-%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%82-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81-%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B7%D1%83%D1%82-%D0%B2-%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%83/"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-11-04",
          "title_en": "Severnyi Kanal (04.11.2026): Multiple full personnel wipeouts in the 127th Motor Rifle Regiment near Volokhivka, deployment of cooks and drivers without cover, and 'belongings morgue' warehouses",
          "url": "https://t.me/severnnyi/9838"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ORBAT-02",
      "slug": "30-msp",
      "url": "/en/orbat/30-msp",
      "updated_at": "2026-11-04",
      "unit_name_en": "30th Motor Rifle Regiment (FPN 72162, 72nd Motor Rifle Division FPN 72158, 44th Army Corps LenMD)",
      "vch_en": "FPN 72162 (72nd MRD FPN 72158, 44th AC FPN 41768) / FPN 45863",
      "parent_formation_en": "72nd Motor Rifle Division (FPN 72158), 44th Army Corps (FPN 41768), Leningrad Military District (Force Grouping Sever)",
      "garrison_en": "Luga, Leningrad Oblast (FPN 72162); adjacent 30th Separate MRB contour (FPN 45863): Roshchinsky, Samara Oblast",
      "operational_axis_en": "Kharkiv (Vovchansk) and Kursk (Sudzha / Malaya Loknya IK-11) operational axes (Force Grouping Sever)",
      "commanders_en": [
        "Lt. Ruslan Madzhitovich Khashukaev, callsign Cherkes (Officer, 30th MRR, FPN 72162 — beating subordinates to death with sticks and destroying bodies on the Vovchansk axis)",
        "Lt. Denis Radikovich Gareev, callsign Soverin (Officer, 30th MRR, FPN 72162 — accomplice in summary execution of two soldiers)",
        "Aleksandr Ivanovich Vorontsov, callsign Khami (30th MRR, FPN 72162 — accomplice in fatal beatings and body disposal)",
        "Commander callsign Tomsk (30th MRR, FPN 72162 — denial of hospitalization after FPV shrapnel wounds)",
        "Lt. Col. Aleksandr Danilov (Commander, 1st Battalion, 30th MRR, FPN 72162 — Malaya Loknya IK-11 sector)",
        "Stanislav Sergeevich Zaytsev, callsign Zayats (Commander, 9th Company, 3rd Battalion, 30th Separate MRB, FPN 45863 — naked pit detention and theft of KIA bank funds)"
      ],
      "extortion_and_pits_en": "Extrajudicial killings ('zeroing out') of two soldiers (one beaten to death with sticks and body destroyed, another killed after return from military police) by officers Cherkes, Soverin, and Khami (FPN 72162); marching 50-100 troops into open fields without water; locking wounded soldiers inside Luga barracks with confiscated IDs; over 30 criminal cases opened in the unit.",
      "verbatim_quote_en": "\"These monsters simply zeroed out two of our men... They beat him with sticks until he died, then destroyed the body.\" / \"30th Regiment, 44th Corps, FPN 72162. If your husband, brother, or son went to the 44th Corps, just forget you ever had him.\"",
      "documented_victims_and_mia_en": [
        "Dmitry Pavlovich Potseluyko (DOB 31.01.1998, callsign Syna, Deputy Observation Platoon Commander, 30th MRR, FPN 72162) — wounded by FPV shrapnel without hospitalization, witness to the murder of two soldiers by Lt. R. M. Khashukaev (Cherkes), Lt. D. R. Gareev (Soverin), and A. I. Vorontsov (Khami)",
        "Sergey Viktorovich Nikolaev (serviceman, 30th MRR, FPN 72162) — forcibly locked in barracks with confiscated documents despite surgical referral (appeal by Olga Feskova, 11.03.2026)"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "date": "2025-11-09",
          "title_en": "Ne Zhdi Media (09.11.2025): Testimony from 30th Regiment, 44th Corps (FPN 72162) on extortion, lack of water at the front, and marching 50-100 men into open fields",
          "url": "https://nezhdi.media/2025/11/30-%D0%B9-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA-44-%D0%B9-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C-72162-%D1%81%D0%B0/"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-03-11",
          "title_en": "Ne Zhdi Media (11.03.2026): Appeal by Olga Feskova on forcible detention of wounded soldier S. V. Nikolaev in locked barracks of 30th MRR (FPN 72162, Luga)",
          "url": "https://nezhdi.media/2026/03/%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8-%D0%B2%D1%8B-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE/"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-04-07",
          "title_en": "Ne Zhdi Media (07.04.2026): Testimony of Deputy Platoon Commander D. P. Potseluyko (FPN 72162) on the murder of two soldiers by Lt. Khashukaev, Lt. Gareev, and Vorontsov",
          "url": "https://nezhdi.media/2026/04/%D1%8D%D1%82%D0%B8-%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B4%D0%B8-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D0%B4%D0%B2%D1%83%D1%85-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8/"
        },
        {
          "date": "2025-11-17",
          "title_en": "Ne Zhdi Media (17.11.2025): Torture, naked pit detention, and bank card confiscation by 9th Company Commander S. S. Zaytsev (callsign Zayats, FPN 45863)",
          "url": "https://nezhdi.media/2025/11/%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0-%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8B-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4-%D0%BF%D0%BE/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ORBAT-03",
      "slug": "128-omsbr",
      "url": "/en/orbat/128-omsbr",
      "updated_at": "2026-11-04",
      "unit_name_en": "128th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade (FPN 41772, 44th Army Corps LenMD)",
      "vch_en": "FPN 41772 (44th AC FPN 41768)",
      "parent_formation_en": "44th Army Corps (FPN 41768), Leningrad Military District (Force Grouping Sever)",
      "garrison_en": "Leningrad Military District / Republic of Karelia (FPN 41772)",
      "operational_axis_en": "Kharkiv (Vovchansk), Sumy, and Kursk operational axes (Force Grouping Sever)",
      "commanders_en": [
        "Col. Vladislav Vadimovich Nikiforov (Commander, 128th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade, FPN 41772 — 600,000 RUB extortion for transfer and deployment of unarmed Category V disabled soldiers to the front)",
        "Command of 8th Company, 3rd Battalion, 128th Separate MRB (FPN 41772 — extorting 300,000 RUB from wounded soldiers for evacuation without evacuating them)",
        "Commander callsign Sochi (128th Separate MRB, FPN 41772 — subject of soldier complaints over abuse, reprisals, and execution threats against officer Dmitry Chichvarin, callsign Veter)"
      ],
      "extortion_and_pits_en": "600,000 RUB extortion by Brigade Commander Col. V. V. Nikiforov from Sr. Lt. V. G. Zakharov (callsign Pedagog) for unit transfer (after paying 400,000 RUB cash, the commander went on leave and sent Zakharov into an assault where he went MIA); 300,000 RUB price tag for evacuating a wounded soldier in 8th Company, 3rd Battalion; sending 5 unarmed Category V disabled soldiers (missing fingers, missing an eye, shrapnel near cerebellum) to build a frontline road without cover; reprisals and execution threats against officer D. Chichvarin (callsign Veter) amid soldier complaints against commander Sochi.",
      "verbatim_quote_en": "\"300,000 rubles — that is the price to evacuate a wounded soldier in the 8th Company, 3rd Battalion of the 128th Brigade. And even after the transfer, nobody guarantees they will let you pull back!\" / \"The brigade commander I paid went on leave with a subsequent transfer. He cheated us and many others who paid.\" / \"Soldiers genuinely feared their commander [Dmitry 'Veter' Chichvarin] would be zeroed out. Unfortunately, officers like him are removed, and only Sochi remains.\"",
      "documented_victims_and_mia_en": [
        "Vyacheslav Grigoryevich Zakharov (DOB 28.05.1999, Senior Lieutenant, callsign Pedagog, 128th Separate MRB, FPN 41772) — paid 400,000 RUB cash toward a 600,000 RUB transfer fee, sent on a combat mission on 27.08.2026 and went MIA",
        "Artyom Nadezhdin (callsign Nashid, 8th Company, 3rd Battalion, 128th Separate MRB, FPN 41772) — wired 300,000 RUB to commanders for evacuation after a severe leg wound on September 25, left in a dugout without evacuation",
        "Anatoly Evgenyevich Geletey (Pontoon Company, Engineer-Sapper Battalion, 128th Separate MRB, FPN 41772) — after losing fingers on his right hand and receiving a red-stamp Category V, sent unarmed to the front alongside 4 other severely disabled soldiers",
        "Ilya Vladimirovich Kuznetsov (DOB 04.08.1978, callsign Stalnoy, 128th Separate MRB, FPN 41772) — departed on a combat mission on 29.03.2026, officially listed as missing in action (MIA) since 31.03.2026",
        "Dmitry Chichvarin (callsign Veter, officer, 128th Separate MRB, FPN 41772) — subjected to reprisals and execution threats after exposing abuses in the brigade and complaints against commander Sochi"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "date": "2026-09-08",
          "title_en": "Ne Zhdi Media (08.09.2026): 600,000 RUB extortion by 128th Brigade Commander Col. V. V. Nikiforov (FPN 41772) and disappearance of Sr. Lt. V. G. Zakharov (Pedagog)",
          "url": "https://nezhdi.media/2026/09/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%83-%D1%8F-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB-%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB-%D0%B2-%D0%BE/"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-19",
          "title_en": "Ne Zhdi Media (19.09.2026): Appeal by Evgeny Geletey on deployment of five unarmed Category V disabled soldiers in 128th Separate MRB (FPN 41772, Col. V. V. Nikiforov)",
          "url": "https://nezhdi.media/2026/09/%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B9-%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82-%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B-%D0%B8%D0%BC-%D0%BD%D0%B5-%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D0%B2%D1%81/"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-11-03",
          "title_en": "Severnyi Kanal (03.11.2026): Testimonies from 128th Separate MRB (FPN 41772) on reprisals and execution threats against officer Dmitry Chichvarin (callsign Veter) and complaints against commander Sochi",
          "url": "https://t.me/severnnyi/9827"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-11-04",
          "title_en": "RFE/RL Sibir.Realii (04.11.2026): 300,000 RUB extortion fee for evacuating wounded troops in 8th Company, 3rd Battalion of 128th Brigade (Artyom Nadezhdin, callsign Nashid)",
          "url": "https://www.svoboda.org/a/pochemu-rossiyskie-voennye-nedelyami-ostayutsya-bez-evakuatsii-posle-raneniy/33887471.html"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-11-04",
          "title_en": "Severnyi Kanal (04.11.2026): Search notice for MIA serviceman of 128th Separate MRB (FPN 41772) Ilya Vladimirovich Kuznetsov (DOB 04.08.1978, callsign Stalnoy, MIA since 31.03.2026)",
          "url": "https://t.me/severnnyi/9841"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ORBAT-04",
      "slug": "27-omsbr",
      "url": "/en/orbat/27-omsbr",
      "updated_at": "2026-11-04",
      "unit_name_en": "27th Separate Guards Sevastopol Motor Rifle Brigade (FPN 61899, 1st Guards Tank Army MMD)",
      "vch_en": "FPN 61899 (1st Guards Tank Army FPN 73621)",
      "parent_formation_en": "1st Guards Tank Army (FPN 73621), Moscow Military District",
      "garrison_en": "Mosrentgen, Moscow (FPN 61899)",
      "operational_axis_en": "Kupiansk-Svatove (Kharkiv / Luhansk Oblasts, Novopskov camp) and Kursk (Rylsk) operational axes",
      "commanders_en": [
        "Evgeny Yuryevich Saenko, callsign Tayson (Battalion Chief of Staff, 27th Separate Guards MRB, FPN 61899 — phone seizure, extortion of >1,000,000 RUB payout, beating, and disappearance of E. M. Galimyanov, deployment of severely wounded soldiers into assaults)",
        "Capt. Konstantin Yushin, callsign Turist (Officer, 1st Battalion, 27th Separate Guards MRB, FPN 61899 — named in mother's appeal on extortion, beating, and disappearance)",
        "Commanders callsigns Satana and Viy (27th Separate Guards MRB, FPN 61899 — accomplices in payout extortion, manual phone contact deletion, and withholding of passport and military ID)",
        "Sasha Alekseevich Latynin (Moscow intermediary lawyer) and 27th Brigade medic (FPN 61899 — 3-5 million RUB extortion scheme for medical discharge of a soldier after 13 surgeries, following a 350,000 RUB upfront fee)"
      ],
      "extortion_and_pits_en": "Phone confiscation and severe beating of 3rd Company, 1st Battalion soldier E. M. Galimyanov (callsign Mars) by Chief of Staff E. Yu. Saenko (Tayson) for changing his mobile banking password to block commanders from stealing a >1,000,000 RUB payout received on May 27, followed by the soldier's disappearance; 3-5 million RUB extortion by the brigade commander via Moscow lawyer Sasha Alekseevich Latynin (with a 27th Brigade medic stationed in his office and a 350,000 RUB retainer) for medical discharge of a soldier after 13 surgeries, sending him back to the front upon refusal to pay; payout fraud (700k RUB paid instead of 4M RUB for wounds); retroactively registering MIA soldiers near Kupiansk/Svatove as AWOL (SOCh).",
      "verbatim_quote_en": "\"I am addressing you — Tayson, Satana, Captain Konstantin Yushin 'Turist' — where is my son? He managed to send a photo of his beatings because he changed his banking login and prevented the commander from withdrawing his payout of over a million rubles.\" / \"We hired Moscow lawyer Sasha Alekseevich Latynin and paid him 350,000 rubles; a medic from our 27th Brigade was permanently in his office. The lawyer told me the unit commander could quickly discharge my husband for 3-5 million rubles. Over ten months my husband underwent thirteen surgeries, and after refusing to pay they declared him fit and sent him back to the front.\"",
      "documented_victims_and_mia_en": [
        "Eldar Marsovich Galimyanov (DOB 12.01.1983, callsign Mars, 3rd Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Separate Guards MRB, FPN 61899) — beaten after refusing to surrender >1,000,000 RUB payout to Chief of Staff E. Yu. Saenko (Tayson), Capt. K. Yushin (Turist), and Satana; disappeared without return of passport or military ID to his mother Tatyana Galimyanova",
        "Vitaly Borisovich Ershov (DOB 16.04.2004, serviceman, 27th Separate Guards MRB, FPN 61899) — defrauded of wound compensation (700k instead of 4M RUB) and held without rotation",
        "Artyom Andreevich Dolgikh (DOB 30.06.1998, serviceman, 27th Separate Guards MRB, FPN 61899) — denied Category D medical discharge for 4 years after an anti-tank mine blast",
        "Severely wounded serviceman of 27th Brigade (FPN 61899, 13 surgeries in 10 months) — target of 3-5M RUB discharge extortion via lawyer Sasha Alekseevich Latynin (after paying 350,000 RUB fee), declared fit and redeployed to the front line"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "date": "2026-04-24",
          "title_en": "Ne Zhdi Media (24.04.2026): Mother's appeal on beating, >1M RUB extortion, and disappearance of Eldar Marsovich Galimyanov in FPN 61899 (Chief of Staff E. Yu. Saenko 'Tayson', Capt. K. Yushin 'Turist')",
          "url": "https://nezhdi.media/2026/04/%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B0%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%8C-%D0%BA-%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC-%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BF/"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-10-07",
          "title_en": "Ne Zhdi Media (07.10.2026): Testimony of FPN 61899 soldier A. A. Dolgikh on blocked Category D discharge and 1M RUB self-inflicted wound schemes among officers",
          "url": "https://nezhdi.media/2026/10/%D1%8F-%D0%B5%D1%89%D0%B5-%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%B2-22-%D0%BC-%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BB-%D1%8F-%D1%81%D0%BF/"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-10-09",
          "title_en": "Ne Zhdi Media (09.10.2026): Testimony of FPN 61899 assault soldier V. B. Ershov on wound payout fraud and retreat of Akhmat units near Rylsk",
          "url": "https://nezhdi.media/2026/10/%D1%8F-%D0%BD%D0%B8-%D0%B7%D0%B0-%D1%87%D1%82%D0%BE-%D1%88%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%8E-%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B4%D1%8C-%D0%BD%D0%B8-%D0%B7%D0%B0-%D1%87%D1%82%D0%BE-%D1%8F-%D0%BF/"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-11-04",
          "title_en": "Severnyi Kanal (04.11.2026): 3-5M RUB extortion for medical discharge of a 27th Brigade soldier (FPN 61899) after 13 surgeries via lawyer Sasha Alekseevich Latynin and redeployment to the front (mentioning Evgeny Saenko)",
          "url": "https://t.me/severnnyi/9836"
        },
        {
          "date": "2024-12-01",
          "title_en": "Change.org: Collective petition by families of missing-in-action soldiers of FPN 61899 (27th Separate Guards MRB)",
          "url": "https://www.change.org/p/%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9-%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B-%D0%B2-%D1%87-61899"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ORBAT-05",
      "slug": "80-tp-87441",
      "url": "/en/orbat/80-tp-87441",
      "updated_at": "2026-11-04",
      "unit_name_en": "80th Guards Tank Regiment FPN 87441 (90th Guards Tank Division FPN 86274, Chebarkul)",
      "vch_en": "FPN 87441 (90th Guards Tank Division FPN 86274, INN 7420014908)",
      "parent_formation_en": "90th Guards Tank Division (FPN 86274, FNS INN 7420014908, OGRN 1112722000247), Central Military District",
      "garrison_en": "Chebarkul, Chelyabinsk Oblast (FPN 87441 / FPN 86274)",
      "operational_axis_en": "Avdiivka-Pokrovsk operational axis (Donetsk Oblast, Force Grouping Tsentr)",
      "commanders_en": [
        "Dmitry Sergeevich Kemerov, callsign Kemer (Assault Company Commander, 80th Guards Tank Regiment, FPN 87441 — convicted on 32 counts of fraud under Art. 159 CC RF to 6 years; extorted 50% of wound payouts, beat soldiers with baseball bats, and murdered A. A. Bykov on 08.05.2025)",
        "Mikhail Petrovich Dudukov, callsign Dudka (Deputy Company Commander, 80th Guards Tank Regiment, FPN 87441 — accomplice in 50% wound payout extortion, torture, and summary executions)",
        "Guards Capt. Ilkhom Yakovlevich Peter, callsign Akula (Assault Detachment Commander, 80th Guards Tank Regiment, FPN 87441 — covered up extortion rings and awarded medals to Kemerov and Dudukov)",
        "Investigator Ivanov (Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the RF for Donetsk Garrison — covered up the 08.05.2025 murder of A. A. Bykov)"
      ],
      "extortion_and_pits_en": "Extortion of 50% of wound insurance payouts by Company Commander D. S. Kemerov (Kemer) and Deputy Commander M. P. Dudukov (Dudka); baseball bat beatings; summary execution ('zeroing out') on 08.05.2025 of 90th Battalion soldier Andrey Andreevich Bykov after he refused to pay; disappearance of Maksim Andreevich Yakovlev (Ivan) immediately after wiring money to Kemerov; abduction of Evgeny Rusakov from a training ground to Kemerov.",
      "verbatim_quote_en": "\"The commanders themselves zeroed out my child on May 8... You know very well they killed him on May 8, yet on June 13 you called me saying: 'Tatyana Vasilyevna, everything is fine, he is on a mission.' On what mission if he was already dead?\" / \"I told Kemer I'll come myself! What for? I'll pay everything back, guys!\"",
      "documented_victims_and_mia_en": [
        "Andrey Andreevich Bykov (90th Battalion, 80th Guards Tank Regiment, FPN 87441) — refused to surrender 50% of his wound payout to D. S. Kemerov (Kemer) and M. P. Dudukov (Dudka), beaten and murdered ('zeroed out') by commanders on 08.05.2025 (mother: Tatyana Vasilyevna Bykova)",
        "Maksim Andreevich Yakovlev (callsign Ivan, 80th Guards Tank Regiment, FPN 87441) — beaten on video, went missing in action (MIA) immediately after transferring extorted funds to D. S. Kemerov (Kemer)",
        "Evgeny Rusakov (80th Guards Tank Regiment, FPN 87441) — taken from a training ground to Dmitry Kemerov (Kemer) and disappeared from contact",
        "Vladislav Viktorovich Maslov (DOB 29.12.1982, 80th Guards Tank Regiment, FPN 87441) — missing in action (MIA) since departing on a combat mission on 31.05.2026"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "date": "2025-08-26",
          "title_en": "Ne Zhdi Media (26.08.2025): Baseball bat beating, 32-count fraud conviction of Company Commander D. S. Kemerov ('Kemer'), and disappearance of Maksim Andreevich Yakovlev ('Ivan') in FPN 87441",
          "url": "https://nezhdi.media/2025/08/kemeru-skazal-sam-priydu/"
        },
        {
          "date": "2025-09-01",
          "title_en": "Ne Zhdi Media (01.09.2025): Statement by Tatyana Vasilyevna Bykova on the 08.05.2025 murder of her son Andrey Andreevich Bykov in 80th Guards Tank Regiment (FPN 87441) by D. S. Kemerov and M. P. Dudukov",
          "url": "https://nezhdi.media/2025/09/%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE-%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0-8-%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8-%D0%B6%D0%B5-%D0%BA/"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-01-15",
          "title_en": "Ne Zhdi Media (Jan 2026): Abduction of FPN 87441 serviceman Evgeny Rusakov from training ground to Company Commander Dmitry Kemerov ('Kemer') and loss of contact",
          "url": "https://nezhdi.media/2026/01/%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B6-%D0%B1%D1%8B%D0%BB-%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD-%D1%83%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B8-%D0%B2-%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%87-%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA-%D0%BA%D0%B0/"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-10-03",
          "title_en": "Ne Zhdi Media (03.10.2026): Appeal by brother of FPN 87441 serviceman Vladislav Viktorovich Maslov (DOB 29.12.1982), missing in action since 31.05.2026",
          "url": "https://nezhdi.media/2026/10/%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8F-%D0%B2-%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%83-%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ORBAT-06",
      "slug": "7-omsp",
      "url": "/en/orbat/7-omsp",
      "updated_at": "2026-11-04",
      "unit_name_en": "7th Separate Motor Rifle Regiment, 79th Guards MRR, 1431st MRR, 1st Aerospace Forces MRR & GV Sever / VDV Units (FPN 06414, FPN 44639, FPN 74268, FPN 22179, FPN 29760)",
      "vch_en": "FPN 06414 / 90151 / 44639 / 74268 / 22179 / 29760",
      "parent_formation_en": "11th Army Corps LenMD (7th Separate Guards MRR FPN 06414, 79th Guards MRR FPN 90151), Force Grouping Sever (1431st MRR, 1st VKS MRR, 25th MRB FPN 29760), Airborne Forces (119th Guards PRR FPN 44639, 76th Guards AAD FPN 74268), BARS-13 (FPN 22179)",
      "garrison_en": "Kaliningrad / Gusev (FPN 06414, FPN 90151; base area Belovodsk); Naro-Fominsk (FPN 44639); Pskov (FPN 74268); Luga (FPN 29760)",
      "operational_axis_en": "Kharkiv (Vovchansk), Sumy (Tetkino / Ryzhevsky Forest / Yunakivka), Kursk, and Pokrovsk operational axes (Force Groupings Sever and Tsentr)",
      "commanders_en": [
        "Dmitry Borisovich Vasilyev, callsign Tungus (Commandant at 7th Separate MRR base area in Belovodsk, fictitiously listed on combat roster as assault rifleman in 79th MRR — forced slave labor of soldiers on construction sites and extortion for building materials)",
        "Officer callsign Shmel (District HQ / 7th Separate MRR — patron protecting D. B. Vasilyev 'Tungus' and taking kickbacks from post sales)",
        "Major Rychkov (Commander, 186th Regiment — abandoning wounded in Berezovoe for 2 months without evacuation and cutting off food and water to disfavored troops)",
        "Lt. Gen. Sergey Ivanovich Storozhenko (Commander, Kharkiv Grouping of Force Grouping Sever, direct superior of Bezlyudko)",
        "Lt. Col. Umarov (34th Separate MRB — summary execution / 'zeroing out' of a soldier before the court hearing on his lawsuit against the brigade commander)",
        "Admiral Sergey Mikhailovich Pinchuk (Black Sea Fleet Commander — forced transfer of UAV crews into the 145th Regiment)"
      ],
      "extortion_and_pits_en": "Fictitious combat registration of 7th Separate MRR commandant D. B. Vasilyev (callsign Tungus) in Belovodsk as an assault rifleman in the 79th MRR under the protection of district HQ officer Shmel, holding soldiers in slave labor on construction projects and forcing them to buy building materials with their own money; starvation deaths of two soldiers of the 1st VKS MRR and severe hunger in the 1431st MRR near Tetkino and Ryzhevsky Forest (positions strewn with unrecovered bodies since Spring 2025); cutting off food and water as punishment in the 186th Regiment (Maj. Rychkov); deploying a stroke survivor with a paralyzed leg into combat in the 506th Regiment.",
      "verbatim_quote_en": "\"In the 7th Separate MRR there is Dmitry Borisovich Vasilyev, callsign Tungus, sitting in Belovodsk while listed on paper as an assault rifleman in the 79th MRR. He serves as commandant, holds soldiers in slavery for construction work, and is protected by Shmel.\" / \"The starvation problem at the front is not limited to the 1431st MRR. Soldiers of the 1st MRR (VKS) are literally dying of hunger — two days ago two of our men died of starvation on their positions.\"",
      "documented_victims_and_mia_en": [
        "Roman Sergeevich Petukhov (DOB 26.11.1997, callsign KUR, FPN 44639, 11th Company, 119th VDV Regiment) — missing in action (MIA) since 19.10.2025 near Yunakivka (feather tattoo on left arm)",
        "Dmitry Ivanovich Kravchenko (DOB 31.07.2007, FPN 74268, 76th Guards Air Assault Division) — missing in action (MIA) since 27.12.2025 on the Pokrovsk axis",
        "Sergey Vladimirovich Kiselyov (DOB 11.06.1970, callsign Akademik, FPN 22179, Deputy Commander of 3rd Company for Political Affairs, 13th BARS Detachment) — missing in action (MIA) since 25.04.2026 during rotation near Aleksandro-Shultino",
        "Mikhail Sergeevich Alekseev (DOB 24.09.1993, assault soldier, FPN 29760) — missing in action in assault operations since November 5",
        "Ruslan Nailyevich Basharov (1232nd Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 8th Company, 2nd Platoon) and serviceman callsign Logist (DOB 29.06.1988, 106th VDV Division, 51st Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Kursk axis) — missing in action (MIA)",
        "Sgt. Dmitry Aleksandrovich Pelmenev (callsign Pelmen, Evacuation Group Commander, 1st VKS MRR) — KIA on 19.01.2026 on the Sumy axis; two soldiers of the 1st VKS MRR died of starvation on frontline positions near Tetkino (Nov 2026)"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "date": "2026-11-04",
          "title_en": "Severnyi Kanal Reserve (04.11.2026): 7th Separate MRR commandant Dmitry Borisovich Vasilyev (callsign Tungus) fictitiously registered in 79th MRR, forced soldier labor, and patron Shmel",
          "url": "https://t.me/severnnyirezerv/2846"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-11-04",
          "title_en": "Severnyi Kanal (04.11.2026): Starvation in 1431st MRR and deaths of two 1st VKS MRR soldiers from hunger on frontline positions near Tetkino and Ryzhevsky Forest",
          "url": "https://t.me/severnnyi/9839"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-11-04",
          "title_en": "Severnyi Kanal Reserve (04.11.2026): Denial of evacuation and food/water deprivation in 186th Regiment (Maj. Rychkov); deployment of stroke survivor in 506th Regiment",
          "url": "https://t.me/severnnyirezerv/2842"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-11-03",
          "title_en": "Severnyi Kanal (03.11.2026): MIA search notice for FPN 44639 (11th Company, 119th VDV Regiment) Roman Sergeevich Petukhov (DOB 26.11.1997, callsign KUR, Yunakivka)",
          "url": "https://t.me/severnnyi/9833"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-11-03",
          "title_en": "Severnyi Kanal Reserve (03.11.2026): MIA search notice for FPN 74268 serviceman Dmitry Ivanovich Kravchenko (DOB 31.07.2007, Pokrovsk axis)",
          "url": "https://t.me/severnnyirezerv/2834"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-11-02",
          "title_en": "Severnyi Kanal (02.11.2026): MIA search notice for FPN 22179 (Deputy Commander of 3rd Company, BARS-13) Sergey Vladimirovich Kiselyov (DOB 11.06.1970, callsign Akademik)",
          "url": "https://t.me/severnnyi/9823"
        },
        {
          "date": "2024-12-10",
          "title_en": "Poisk SVO / MIA RF (10.12.2024): MIA search notice for FPN 29760 assault soldier Mikhail Sergeevich Alekseev (DOB 24.09.1993)",
          "url": "https://t.me/poisk_svo_rf/1168"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}