"I realize I may be put in jail for all this information. Not even for the fact that I committed all of this vile shit in Ukraine, but for the information [about the commanders]. I just want to confess to everything and explain what’s going on in our country."

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Like other Russian soldiers who've spoken out about the war, Frolkin expressed confusion about its purpose. "I don’t know who we’re fighting against. Maybe we’re fighting against the Armed Forces of Ukraine. But the AFU are not Nazis."

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The 64th Brigade's problems with replacing a very large number of refuseniks and casualties were independently confirmed in a call intercepted by the Ukrainian authorities. The call apparently took place between an officer (O) and a soldier (S) from the brigade:

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32/ Another soldier serving with the 64th Brigade told iStories: "I constantly see guys going to the command post to resign. Just like me, they’re told that they can’t leave, that it’s not possible, to 'keep on serving,' and to go fuck themselves …"

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"They arrive and write reports, saying they cannot fight due to either mental conditions or health conditions. I had 2 concussions, a fragment wound, and a dissection [sic]. I wanted to leave long ago, but they wouldn’t let me."

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By this point, likely some time in June or July, Frolkin's battalion had been all but destroyed. "At most 50 men remain out of the battalion’s established strength of 300. I see that our brigade is being destroyed as well. So, we’ve been withdrawn."

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25/ Omurbekov reportedly asked his soldiers to provide photo reports to enable him to report to his superiors that “it wasn’t just one tank that was destroyed, it was three! No — five!”

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