26/ [He] arrives at his workplace in Vladivostok, enters the office of the head of TOVVMU, … sits in [Zhuravlev's] chair and fires five bullets at himself with a service weapon, not aiming for the head, not trying to end it as quickly as possible.
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Supervisor and officials harmed husband’s honor, no improvement seen.
24/ By his actions, his supervisor and the inspecting officials trampled on my husband's honour and made it clear that no one wants to change the situation for the better.
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Colonel Boyko blames deputy V.E. Boyko for shortcomings after sick leave
18/ …he just took a sick leave, blaming everything on his deputy V.E. Boyko. The inspection revealed many shortcomings, of which Colonel V.E. Boyko had previously informed Chief Zhuravlev, and he remained true to himself and told the inspecting party as well,…
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Institution head ignored husband’s severe depression and weight loss.
14/ However the head of the institution ignored these problems and did not help at all, despite the fact that he had seen what a depressed moral-psychological state my husband was in, having insomnia for about a month, during this period he had lost 15 kg in weight.
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Problèmes d’équipement et manque de personnel signalés à la marine
13/ My husband … repeatedly reported to the head of TOVVMU [Rear Admiral Oleg] Zhuravlev about all the problems with the equipment, including the necessity to create a headquarters of at least 100 people, and he was allocated the bare minimum number of people.
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Unsuitable combat zone equipment with missing documentation, impossible to repair.
12/ First of all, I would like to note that the equipment that needed to be repaired and sent to the combat zone was unsuitable for performing tasks, part of the documentation was missing and it was physically impossible to prepare it from scratch.
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Vadim scapegoated for failures and violations
10/ Vadim began to understand that slowly but surely he was being "appointed" as the main culprit in all the failures and shortcomings, because we understand that sooner or later the time would come when someone would have to answer for gross violations…
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Russian Mobilization Difficulties: Flawed Leadership and Equipment
4/ Here's an excerpted translation of the letter, which provides a lot of interesting details about the difficulties that the Russians have with their mobilisation system and the poor leadership and equipment maintenance that has contributed to the problems they've encountered:
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Russia creates unit for mobilized citizens
As of September 16, 2022, a unit for the reception of mobilized citizens was deployed at the Naval Military School. My husband, Colonel V.E. Boyko, was put in charge of receiving, accommodating, and overseeing mobilized citizens.
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Wife blames Russian army failures for Deputy Naval School Head’s suicide
1/ The wife of Colonel Vadim Boyko, the Deputy Head of the Makarov Pacific Higher Naval School (TOVVMU) in Vladivostok, has condemned widespread failures by the Russian army for his death by suicide on 16 November after his involvement in Russia's troubled mobilisation.