2/ An understandably startled Russian soldier from the 1444th Motorised Rifle Regiment records a video to a friend or relative explaining what he's just been told in a briefing:

3/ "Are you having fun right now? The political officer, [callsign] 'Beard', gathered us all together and handed out these papers. Look."

4/ "I thought it was some kind of joke. You know, an army joke. But actually, it's not a joke at all. These are several ways in which I should commit suicide in case of the threat of my capture.

5/ "Of course, I understand everything. There's history, Russians don't surrender, but I haven't even gone into combat yet, and I'm already getting this kind of nonsense. In short, I'm on guard duty, and I'm just shocked by this. This is pure idiocy.

6/ "I'm reading here about blowing yourself up with a grenade at the temple, chin, or forehead. And then there's this thing, imagine, and they just give it to you as a reward, study it and use it."

7/ Similar leaflets with the same title – "KEEP YOUR HONOUR TO THE END" – have been described before. See the one posted recently by @cossackgundi below – though the typography is different, the content seems to be the same. https://x.com/cossackgundi/sta...

8/ The leaflets are presumably being issued through the GVPU (the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces) and printed locally by political officers for distribution to the troops.

9/ Many Russian soldiers have been filmed shooting or grenading themselves. They are reportedly told that they will face endless torture if captured by the 'Ukrainian Nazis'. They are also legally forbidden from surrendering, and face a lengthy prison sentence if they do so.

10/ Another factor driving many to suicide is the knowledge that if they are suffer any kind of immobilising injury, they are very unlikely to be evacuated and face a slow and agonising death over the course of hours or days. /end Source: https://t.me/parapax/4497

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