Commanders of a battery in the 933rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment of the Russian occupying forces disabled their Tor-M2U combat vehicles by removing control units to prevent deployment to the frontline, attempting to sell the components for scrap.
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Russian commanders removed control units from Tor-M2U combat vehicles and attempted to sell them for scrap to avoid front-line deployment.
The Russian sellers came into conflict with the scrap collection receptionist due to demanding too high a price, leading her to report them to the DPR Ministry of State Security.
The regiment's command later attributed the loss of electronic units to hostilities, while the soldiers involved continued serving in infantry units.
Officers of the 933rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment removed management blocks from Tor-M2U systems and attempted to sell them for scrap, causing a conflict at the scrapyard which was reported to the DNR MGB.
Following the incident, regimental command claimed the loss of electronic blocks was due to combat actions, while the involved soldiers were reassigned to infantry units on the front line.
New graves continue to appear in the yards of houses in improvised cemeteries in Mariupol.
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