20/ However, in January 2025 he was again sent to serve in the 24th Motorised Rifle Regiment under Kazantsev's command. Now, he says, he is being sent to the most dangerous part of the front line so that the Ukrainians will kill him.

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19/ Elisenko says that he "met with the deputy commander of the army, who promised that, due to the fact that I have a conflict of interest with the unit commander Kazantsev, I will not return to this regiment anymore, and in August I handed over my affairs and positions."

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17/ Elisenko was made the commander of a stormtrooper platoon – a much lower position – despite not having received any demotions or written reprimands. He recorded a video protesting about this and the new orders were cancelled.

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14/ "Shells were flying, and strikes were being made directly at this clearing, at the neighbouring position … And the video clearly shows the burnt trees, hit by shrapnel. That is, this site was repeatedly struck by the enemy with both artillery and unmanned aircraft."

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15/ Elisenko got in touch with his wife, presumably through a subordinate, who was able to contact the senior leadership of the Dnipro group of forces and the senior political officer. After he had spent four hours tied to the tree, an order came through for him to be released.

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13/ On 5 April 2024, Kazantsev ordered Elisenko to be tied to a tree during a Ukrainian bombardment. Elisenko had the foresight to instruct one of his subordinates to record the punishment, which is shown in the video at the top of this thead.

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12/ "But, despite my request to staff the units at least to the regular strength and to help with thermal imagers and other weapons, he only threatened me." Elisenko says that equipment provided to his unit by volunteers was stolen by his commanders.

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11/ "In March, I was ordered to organise a reliable air defence system in the village of Oleshky. But due to the fact that we were catastrophically short of personnel, I was unable to implement this. I reported this to the unit commander, Kazantsev.

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6/ The equipment they had been given became out of date within only two months due to Ukrainian adaptation. Elisenko appealed for assistance from the army but received nothing. Soldiers turned to volunteer aid to provide electronic warfare systems.

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"The enemy's unmanned aircraft dominated the sky," but as his unit had undergone training and had good equipment, they initially "fought the enemy quite successfully." This did not last for long.

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