Russian president Vladimir Putin is set to move drunk soldiers into grim suicide combat units to punish them for their boozy ways.
Despite the military being fond of a tipple or two, the consequences of a drunken night out may lead to almost certain death. Should they be found drinking in Ukraine, the troops will be transferred to a almost suicide squad position.
Instead of their usual combat squad, they will instead be deployed as part of "Storm Z", an "expendable" collection of troops who face almost certain death. Boozy troops or those being belligerent with top brass could be transferred.
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Those in the expendable group are left utterly demolished on their suicide missions, with one soldier claiming just 15 of a 120-strong unit returned from a clash with Ukrainian fighters. Storm Z troops were likened to "meat" by one soldier.
It was made clear through claims from five soldiers who survived the bloodbath ordeals of Storm Z that top bosses in the Russian Kremlin did not care much for their survival chances. The "punishment battalions" were there instead to serve as a warning.
One fighter from Army Unit 40318 claims a commander had ordered him not to provide medical treatment to injured men in the Storm Z group, The Sun reported. Military men loyal to Putin believe the Storm Z troop lives are not as worthwhile as others.
Another soldier claimed the "smell of alcohol" on any breath in a squad is enough to see a troop transferred into the death squad. The unrelenting squads are, according to Conflict Intelligence Team, used as expendable infantry.
One Russian insider claimed: "If the commandants catch anyone with the smell of alcohol on their breath, then they immediately send them to the Storm squads." Further updates from the CIT say the groups are used in the "most dangerous" operations.
They said: "The Storm fighters are just sent to the most dangerous parts of the front, in defence and in attack."
The Russian defence ministry has not yet formally acknowledged the creation of the group. Instead, reports of the group trickled through in April of this year, with a US research group, the Institute for the Study of War, finding alleged encounters of Storm Z squads.
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