30th Motor Rifle Regiment (FPN 72162, 72nd Motor Rifle Division FPN 72158, 44th Army Corps LenMD)
- 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)
- 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)
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 FROM PRIMARY SOURCE]:"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."
- (2025-11-09 · https://nezhdi.media/2025/11/30-y-polk-44-y-korpus-voyskovaya-chast-72162-sa/)
- (2026-03-11 · https://nezhdi.media/2026/03/na-kakom-osnovanii-vy-zakryli-voenno/)
- (2026-04-07 · https://nezhdi.media/2026/04/eti-nelyudi-prosto-obnulili-dvukh-nashi/)
- (2025-11-17 · https://nezhdi.media/2025/11/izdevatelstva-komandira-roty-nad-po/)
BLACK BOOK OF RUSSIAN MILITARY UNITS · 30th Motor Rifle Regiment (FPN 72162, 72nd Motor Rifle Division FPN 72158, 44th Army Corps LenMD)
> [OPEN-SOURCE VERIFICATION DISCLAIMER · 100% PUBLIC SOURCES]: All unit field post numbers (FPN / v/ch), commander names and callsigns, casualty figures, and verbatim testimonies of Russian servicemen and their families presented below are compiled exclusively from 100% open public sources (video appeals published by the 'Ne Zhdi Khoroshie Novosti' project nezhdi.media, RFE/RL, ISW, and open state registries).
1. Unit Identification & Command Requisites
- Unit Designation:
30th Motor Rifle Regiment (FPN 72162, 72nd Motor Rifle Division FPN 72158, 44th Army Corps LenMD) - Field Post Numbers (FPN / v/ch):
FPN 72162 (72nd MRD FPN 72158, 44th AC FPN 41768) / FPN 45863 - Higher Formation: 72nd Motor Rifle Division (FPN 72158), 44th Army Corps (FPN 41768), Leningrad Military District (Force Grouping Sever)
- Permanent Garrison: Luga, Leningrad Oblast (FPN 72162); adjacent 30th Separate MRB contour (FPN 45863): Roshchinsky, Samara Oblast
- Operational Axis: Kharkiv (Vovchansk) and Kursk (Sudzha / Malaya Loknya IK-11) operational axes (Force Grouping Sever)
- Documented Commanders & Perpetrators:
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)
2. Documented Extortion, Torture Pits, Summary Executions & Testimonies
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.
> "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."
3. Documented Casualties, Torture Victims & Missing in Action (MIA)
- 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)
4. Verified Primary Open Sources (Dates & URLs)
- 2025-11-09 — 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:
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/ - 2026-03-11 — 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):
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/ - 2026-04-07 — 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:
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/ - 2025-11-17 — 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):
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/
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